{"id":2167,"date":"2014-04-12T11:32:49","date_gmt":"2014-04-12T18:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jonandlayne.com\/?p=2167"},"modified":"2014-04-12T11:32:49","modified_gmt":"2014-04-12T18:32:49","slug":"things-i-am-praying-for-in-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jonandlayne.com\/things-i-am-praying-for-in-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Things I am Praying for in April"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A Jon<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> Post<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>These are the things I&#8217;ve found myself praying for this month:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2168\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jonandlayne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/trust.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2168\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2168\" alt=\"Trust\" src=\"https:\/\/jonandlayne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/trust-140x140.jpg\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2168\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trust<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>That my faith would grow as strong as my obedience and that my obedience would grow as strong as my faith.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<li>That <i>Casa Ahav\u00e1\u2019s <\/i>ministry leader would teach me to follow Him closely and that I would never think I\u2019m leading it.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_2169\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jonandlayne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/brave.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2169\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2169\" alt=\"Brave\" src=\"https:\/\/jonandlayne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/brave-140x140.jpg\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2169\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brave<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>That Anaya would always trust her daddy.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<li>That I would always look to be the servant of society, not its leader.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<li>That Jovie would be brave.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<li>That my beard would look good with a little grey in it.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<li>That my knees and back would hold out a few more years.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<li>That Christy would remember her husband well and that her children would find their heavenly daddy while they miss their earthly one.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_2170\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jonandlayne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/heart.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2170\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2170 \" alt=\"Mending\" src=\"https:\/\/jonandlayne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/heart-140x140.jpg\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2170\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mending<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>That my gratitude would always come before God\u2019s provision for my family and my patients.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<li>That Layne would always melt when I hold her<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<li>That my dog would stop making such a mess.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<li>That I Anita\u2019s broken heart would mend.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_2172\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jonandlayne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/pirates.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2172\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2172\" alt=\"Pirates\" src=\"https:\/\/jonandlayne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/pirates-140x140.jpg\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2172\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pirates<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>That my hands would stay strong enough to catch my daughters when they fall, soft enough to hold my wife when she\u2019s weak, skilled enough to make nice things for my patients and tender enough to hold theirs when they are sick.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<li>That my kids would be able to memorize and sing the pirate song with me that Tigger sings in Winnie the Pooh\u2026 \u201c<i>IIIIIIII love to live the piraty life, sailing the seventy seas\u2026\u201d<br \/>\n<\/i><\/li>\n<\/p>\n<li>That I may continue to learn about self-sacrifice and servanthood from the way Layne serves me, my kids and my patients.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_2175\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jonandlayne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/teach.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2175\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2175 \" alt=\"Teaching\" src=\"https:\/\/jonandlayne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/teach-140x140.jpg\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2175\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teaching<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>That we would keep getting to know Anita and In\u00eas as they continue to know and trust us and our family.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<li>That Layne would always believe how much she captures me.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_2174\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jonandlayne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/strong.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2174\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2174\" alt=\"Strong\" src=\"https:\/\/jonandlayne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/strong-140x140.jpg\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2174\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Strong<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>That Karasi would be strong.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<li>That Christ would redeem and have mercy.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<li>That I could learn from In\u00eas\u2019s years and scars.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<li>That my children would not grow so used to death that they don\u2019t mourn those who die and that they would not be so broken by it that they cannot find wholeness.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_2173\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jonandlayne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/scars.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2173\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2173\" alt=\"Scars\" src=\"https:\/\/jonandlayne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/scars-140x140.jpg\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2173\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scars<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>That Layne\u2019s eyes always find mine.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<li>That no one in our home would be afraid to live or scared to die.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_2171\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jonandlayne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/melt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2171\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2171\" alt=\"Melt\" src=\"https:\/\/jonandlayne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/melt-140x140.jpg\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2171\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Melt<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Jon Post These are the things I&#8217;ve found myself praying for this month: That my faith would grow as strong as my obedience and that my obedience would grow as strong as my faith. That Casa Ahav\u00e1\u2019s ministry leader would teach me to follow Him closely and that I would never think I\u2019m leading&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,18,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonandlayne.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2167"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonandlayne.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonandlayne.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonandlayne.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonandlayne.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2167"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/jonandlayne.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2183,"href":"https:\/\/jonandlayne.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2167\/revisions\/2183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonandlayne.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonandlayne.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonandlayne.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}