{"id":3274,"date":"2020-03-26T05:49:05","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T11:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/?p=3274"},"modified":"2020-03-24T09:11:31","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T15:11:31","slug":"working","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/?p=3274","title":{"rendered":"working"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IMG_1613\"<\/a>This past Saturday, our oldest grandchild Wilkes turned 5! Celebration adjustments had to be made, but it was a wonderful day. We are so thankful!<\/p>\n

\"IMG_1524\"<\/a> Eighty-two years and two days earlier, my daddy was born. Rex Davis had his 87th birthday this past week! We are so thankful!<\/p>\n

A couple of weekends ago, Susan and I made a day trip to Foley, Alabama to celebrate another March birthday. John Turner turned 16! It was a fun celebration with Bar-B-Q, cake, and reminiscing.<\/p>\n

I was privileged to officiate John’s mom Terri\u2019s wedding with Daniel LaCoste almost four years ago in this town close to the coast, so we knew most of the people at the surprise party. Susan deserves the credit for loving Terri, John, all the extended family, and so many others we\u2019ve met over the past 16 years. When Susu becomes your friend, it is for a lifetime.<\/p>\n

We were in the next room signing a large poster for John when I overheard Terri\u2019s conversation with a guy in the kitchen: \u201cThey drove down from Atlanta this morning.\u201d The friend said, \u201cWow, that\u2019s a long drive for a birthday party.\u201d Terri said, \u201cYou know they took John into their home<\/a> when he was three days old. They took care of him for seven months, until I got out of jail. Then I also lived with them<\/a> for two more years.\u201d The friend replied, \u201cTerri, this is what I love: you overcame your past. Look at you now!\u201d She replied, \u201cBut I\u2019ve messed up a lot more\u2026 and still do\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\"IMG_1603\"<\/a>God is always working. It is important to look back and remember the highs and lows, the successes and failures, and the power of the Father\u2019s love \u2014 exhibited by Himself and His people. He is able to enter any hopeless situation; He can redeem any lost soul; nothing is impossible for Him. And He invites us to be a part of the story\u2026 with our own weaknesses and imperfections. \u201cVisit her; take care of a baby; give of yourself and your emotions; forgive; pray; invite your community of believers to join in \u2014 you will need them; notice how I work through My people; marvel at the power of love; learn how \u2018I never stop working.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began to persecute Him. In His defense Jesus said to them, \u2018My Father is always at His work to this very day, and I, too, am working.\u2019\u201d John 5:16-17<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This past Saturday, our oldest grandchild Wilkes turned 5! Celebration adjustments had to be made, but it was a wonderful day. We are so thankful! Eighty-two years and two days earlier, my daddy was born. Rex Davis had his 87th birthday this past week! We are so thankful! A couple of weekends ago, Susan and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hope"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3274"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3286,"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3274\/revisions\/3286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}