{"id":32030,"date":"2026-03-09T17:09:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T23:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=32030"},"modified":"2026-03-09T17:42:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T23:42:36","slug":"on-my-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2026\/03\/on-my-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"On my mind"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1000010845.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"335\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1000010845.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32031\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1000010845.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1000010845-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was my Austin seminary class on the last day that I taught them in May 2001. Our house was their classroom for 3 years, from 6:00-7 am each school day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As I study the Old Testament, a few of these kids come to mind like a reflex as I read the &#8220;scripture mastery&#8221; verses we rapped and sang together to help with memorization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My heart aches for a few of them. If I could teach them all over again, knowing the things they would face in the future, we would sing even more. I&#8217;d have them share their impressions and testimonies more often. I wouldn&#8217;t lose touch with them during their adult years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even if I had been a better teacher, it was never my job to save them. It&#8217;s a comfort to know that the true Savior is still reaching out to them and helping them. I trust Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was my Austin seminary class on the last day that I taught them in May 2001. Our house was their classroom for 3 years, from 6:00-7 am each school day. As I study the Old Testament, a few of these kids come to mind like a reflex as I read the &#8220;scripture mastery&#8221; verses &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2026\/03\/on-my-mind\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">On my mind<\/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":[8,36,27,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church","category-jesus-christ","category-music","category-old-testament"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32030","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=32030"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32049,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32030\/revisions\/32049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}