{"id":557,"date":"2022-11-18T17:32:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T17:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lythammethodistchurch.org.uk\/?p=557"},"modified":"2022-11-18T17:32:55","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T17:32:55","slug":"thought-for-the-week-43","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lythammethodistchurch.org.uk\/?p=557","title":{"rendered":"Thought for the Week (43)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"628\" height=\"782\" src=\"https:\/\/lythammethodistchurch.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Chrissie-23oct.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lythammethodistchurch.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Chrissie-23oct.jpg 628w, https:\/\/lythammethodistchurch.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Chrissie-23oct-241x300.jpg 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Even with absolute faith in God,<br>When sadness and hardships fill our lives,<br>We will have our ups and downs, maybe<br>feel lost and alone, depressed and discontented,<br>Maybe we feel that God know longer hears our cries,<br>that he has abandoned us in our time of need.<br>This is when we have to remember that God<br>is on our side and still walking with us.<br>He will never leave us, when to going gets tough<br>this is when he starts carrying us<br>(Deuteronomy 1:31) \u2018and in the desert you saw<br>how he brought you safely all the way to this place<br>Just as a father would carry his son or daughter.<br>We will all have good days and bas days, especially<br>now with the rising energy costs and food bills.<br>This is where we have to hold on tight knowing<br>that God will never leave us, he will deliver us<br>from any situation as long as we trust and<br>believe in Him. Psalm 59:16<br>But I will sing about your strength;<br>Every morning I will sing aloud of your constant<br>love. You have been a refuge for me in my time<br>of trouble.<br>The Lord said,\u2019 My precious child I love you and<br>I would never leave you during your time of trial<br>and suffering, when you saw only one set of<br>\u2018footprints\u2019 it was then I carried you and always will.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even with absolute faith in God,When sadness and hardships fill our lives,We will have our ups and downs, maybefeel lost and alone, depressed and discontented,Maybe we feel that God know longer hears our cries,that he has abandoned us in our time of need.This is when we have to remember that Godis on our side and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lythammethodistchurch.org.uk\/?p=557\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Thought for the Week (43)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lythammethodistchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lythammethodistchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lythammethodistchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lythammethodistchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lythammethodistchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=557"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lythammethodistchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":559,"href":"https:\/\/lythammethodistchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557\/revisions\/559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lythammethodistchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lythammethodistchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lythammethodistchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}