{"id":231,"date":"2013-02-11T10:32:24","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T16:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.familydill.com\/wordpress\/?p=231"},"modified":"2013-02-11T10:32:24","modified_gmt":"2013-02-11T16:32:24","slug":"faith-and-lent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.familydill.com\/wordpress\/2013\/02\/11\/faith-and-lent\/","title":{"rendered":"Faith and Lent."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Small disclaimer before I begin. This blog posts automatically to Facebook. <\/p>\n<p>Well lent is upon us, and once again I&#8217;m thinking about what I should do or not do this year. For many years I gave up things. Then I didn&#8217;t participate at all. Last year, I followed a Lenten reading and read the New Testament in 40 days. Incredible feet for me.<\/p>\n<p>So this year I&#8217;m choosing to read again and follow the Lenten plan. But what sacrifice do I make? What will be a true test of my faithfulness? I love TV, but there are three other people in this house so that&#8217;s not likely going to work. Certain foods or beverages seem to have little meaning. So for me, my answer is Facebook. <\/p>\n<p>My normal day consists of waking up checking email and Facebook. Get to work look at Facebook on break and sometimes not on break, on my phone, big No-No since I&#8217;m not allowed to have my phone on the call floor. Then come home and stalk Facebook as I watch TV. Days off are worse, more time for Facebook. This is a big distraction when there is laundry to do and other housework etc. it&#8217;s my drug so to speak.<\/p>\n<p>So I also thought I would take this time to journal a little more and about this journey. Hence the disclaimer before I began this post. Although I&#8217;m not on Facebook, my posts still will be. So armed with my readings and help from all of my friends and family, I&#8217;m ready to start this journey lasting 40 days and 40 nights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Small disclaimer before I begin. This blog posts automatically to Facebook. Well lent is upon us, and once again I&#8217;m thinking about what I should do or not do this year. For many years I gave up things. Then I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.familydill.com\/wordpress\/2013\/02\/11\/faith-and-lent\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faith"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.familydill.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.familydill.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.familydill.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familydill.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familydill.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.familydill.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.familydill.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familydill.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familydill.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}