{"id":23237,"date":"2022-09-21T10:04:01","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T16:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=23237"},"modified":"2022-09-22T09:45:25","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T15:45:25","slug":"no-other-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2022\/09\/no-other-gift\/","title":{"rendered":"no other gift"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>This is the first gift that I bestowed upon you; and I have commanded that you should pretend to no other gift until my purpose is fulfilled in this; for I will grant unto you no other gift until it is finished.<\/p><cite>Doctrine and Covenants 4:5<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes I feel restless for the next step. We are almost finished raising children at home and I feel interested to know where to put my energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some insight came last week as I studied the Doctrine and Covenants. This verse is about the gift of translation for Joseph Smith, but I learned a few things about my own situation from these words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My phase of life is a gift. These are important, poignant days in our family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don&#8217;t need all the gifts at once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There will be other gifts when this phase is finished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I need to be patient and see this through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is no need to pretend a work other than the one the Lord has planned for me. It is enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the first gift that I bestowed upon you; and I have commanded that you should pretend to no other gift until my purpose is fulfilled in this; for I will grant unto you no other gift until it is finished. Doctrine and Covenants 4:5 Sometimes I feel restless for the next step. We &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2022\/09\/no-other-gift\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">no other gift<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,20,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-doctrine-and-covenants","category-life-according-to-angela","category-motherhood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23237"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23257,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23237\/revisions\/23257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}