{"id":725,"date":"2013-12-06T17:31:27","date_gmt":"2013-12-06T23:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourbestlife.org\/?p=725"},"modified":"2013-12-09T00:23:22","modified_gmt":"2013-12-09T06:23:22","slug":"what-was-mary-doing-on-this-night-so-long-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ourbestlife.org\/?p=725","title":{"rendered":"What was Mary doing on this night&#8230; so long ago?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few nights ago at dinner I was talking with the girls about Mary and Joseph. \u00a0I told them about the census and the need for Mary and Joseph to travel to Bethlehem right before Jesus was born. \u00a0We talked about how we prepare for a trip when we travel versus how Mary and Joseph must have prepared for their trip.<\/p>\n<p>It was a great conversation and the girls loved talking about it. \u00a0After dinner I didn&#8217;t really think about it again, but the girls haven&#8217;t stopped thinking about it.<\/p>\n<p>Every night since our first discussion they have been asking me what Mary and Joseph were doing that night in preparation for their journey. \u00a0I love these questions because they have forced me to sit down and reflect on what Mary and Joseph were doing each night as they prepared for their journey and for a new baby.<\/p>\n<p>I think tonight I will tell the girls that Mary might have been mending the clothing and blankets that they would bring on the journey.<\/p>\n<p>Jesus thank You again for these sweet blessings in my life who help me keep my focus on You, especially during this wonderful Christmas season as we anxiously await Your birth!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few nights ago at dinner I was talking with the girls about Mary and Joseph. \u00a0I told them about the census and the need for Mary and Joseph to travel to Bethlehem right before Jesus was born. \u00a0We talked &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/ourbestlife.org\/?p=725\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[804,54,806,634,807,67,324,92,15,803,785,55,297,802,53,12,51,10,809,808,316,805,52,16],"ppma_author":[2854],"class_list":["post-725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blessings","tag-baby","tag-best","tag-bethlehem","tag-birth","tag-birthday","tag-christ","tag-christmas","tag-god","tag-jesus","tag-joseph","tag-journey","tag-life","tag-lord","tag-mary","tag-my","tag-my-best-life","tag-our","tag-our-best-life","tag-preparation","tag-prepare","tag-reflect","tag-reflection","tag-your","tag-your-best-life"],"authors":[{"term_id":2854,"user_id":1,"is_guest":0,"slug":"sbernadac","display_name":"Sarah Bernadac","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d6f6fd27725929c335efc2f3f617d947991447401cb02a573de4c068d7361377?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"Bernadac","first_name":"Sarah","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ourbestlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ourbestlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ourbestlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ourbestlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ourbestlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=725"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/ourbestlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":729,"href":"http:\/\/ourbestlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725\/revisions\/729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ourbestlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ourbestlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ourbestlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=725"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ourbestlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fppma_author&post=725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}