{"id":1365,"date":"2017-05-04T08:55:41","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T13:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourbestlife.org\/?p=1365"},"modified":"2017-05-04T14:30:35","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T19:30:35","slug":"blessed-are-the-eyes-that-truly-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ourbestlife.org\/?p=1365","title":{"rendered":"Blessed are the eyes that truly see&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On New Year&#8217;s Eve we had dinner with our family. \u00a0I love going around the table and giving everyone a chance to give thanks for something from the year.<\/p>\n<p>As always when it was my turn, my eyes welled up with tears, my throat became tight and my sweet girls lovingly said, &#8220;There she goes again&#8230; Mommy&#8217;s going to cry.&#8221; \u00a0We all started laughing and as I was wiping away my tears and getting ready to speak, my sweet husband quietly spoke and said, &#8220;Sarah is thankful for the wind as it blows through the trees, a leaf that falls in her path, a bird that soars\u00a0past our kitchen window, a caterpillar she finds in the backyard&#8230; she is thankful for everything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sweet Lord, I love the little reminders You place in our paths. \u00a0My sweet love truly sees me more\u00a0than I realize and\u00a0in that moment I felt so deeply understood and loved. \u00a0Oh my Lord&#8230;\u00a0I am so blessed that he is mine, I am his and we are Yours!<\/p>\n<p>Thank You, thank You, thank You&#8230; in every moment and in everything &#8211; Thank You sweet Jesus!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On New Year&#8217;s Eve we had dinner with our family. \u00a0I love going around the table and giving everyone a chance to give thanks for something from the year. 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