{"id":183,"date":"2016-07-11T21:01:21","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T21:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordsforthisday.com\/?p=183"},"modified":"2016-07-11T21:07:41","modified_gmt":"2016-07-11T21:07:41","slug":"certainty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordsforthisday.com\/index.php\/2016\/07\/11\/certainty\/","title":{"rendered":"Certainty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-181 \" src=\"http:\/\/wordsforthisday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG950416-1-1024x1021.jpg\" alt=\"IMG950416-1\" width=\"500\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordsforthisday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG950416-1-1024x1021.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wordsforthisday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG950416-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wordsforthisday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG950416-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wordsforthisday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG950416-1-768x765.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wordsforthisday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG950416-1-1200x1196.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wordsforthisday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG950416-1.jpg 1495w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I took a Spanish class in college.\u00a0 And though I didn&#8217;t retain any Spanish from the experience, what I did receive would prove far more valuable.<\/p>\n<p>Because it was there&#8211;in that college Spanish class&#8211;that a young man walked past my desk, bringing with him an undeniable message spoken straight to my heart that told me, &#8220;You could marry him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That assuring voice from God changed the course of my life, and the absolute knowing that it brought to my soul has enriched and protected our marriage these 26 years.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-186 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wordsforthisday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/FamilyPictures2010061.jpg\" alt=\"FamilyPictures2010061\" width=\"420\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordsforthisday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/FamilyPictures2010061.jpg 420w, https:\/\/wordsforthisday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/FamilyPictures2010061-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 85vw, 420px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A couple of weeks ago an assuring voice from God spoke again to my heart. This time bringing with it a message of certainty about my writing.<\/p>\n<p>It whispered promises that I can&#8217;t even begin to comprehend, but the knowing that it brought to my soul has once again changed the course of my life.<\/p>\n<p>I can no longer entertain thoughts of doubt, fear or insecurity.\u00a0 I have been told to write and I have been shown the outcome. I don&#8217;t know what I must write&#8211;My novel? This blog?&#8211; I only know that I must write.<\/p>\n<p>So I&#8217;ll show up everyday and I&#8217;ll do my part, knowing that He&#8211;with His infinite power and wisdom&#8211;will take care of the rest.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-185 \" src=\"http:\/\/wordsforthisday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Screenshot_2016-07-11-12-17-50-1-800x1024.png\" alt=\"Screenshot_2016-07-11-12-17-50-1\" width=\"500\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordsforthisday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Screenshot_2016-07-11-12-17-50-1-800x1024.png 800w, https:\/\/wordsforthisday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Screenshot_2016-07-11-12-17-50-1-234x300.png 234w, https:\/\/wordsforthisday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Screenshot_2016-07-11-12-17-50-1-768x983.png 768w, https:\/\/wordsforthisday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Screenshot_2016-07-11-12-17-50-1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I took a Spanish class in college.\u00a0 And though I didn&#8217;t retain any Spanish from the experience, what I did receive would prove far more valuable. Because it was there&#8211;in that college Spanish class&#8211;that a young man walked past my desk, bringing with him an undeniable message spoken straight to my heart that told &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wordsforthisday.com\/index.php\/2016\/07\/11\/certainty\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Certainty&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordsforthisday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordsforthisday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordsforthisday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordsforthisday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordsforthisday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wordsforthisday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":189,"href":"https:\/\/wordsforthisday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183\/revisions\/189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordsforthisday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordsforthisday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordsforthisday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}