{"id":1052,"date":"2009-11-22T10:17:13","date_gmt":"2009-11-22T14:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/?p=1052"},"modified":"2023-04-11T15:18:10","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T19:18:10","slug":"i-asked-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/i-asked-god\/","title":{"rendered":"I Asked GOD…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I asked God to take away my pain. God said, No. It is not for me to take away, but for you to give it up. <\/em><\/p>\n

I asked God to make my handicapped child whole. God said, No. Her spirit was whole, her body was only temporary. <\/em><\/p>\n

I asked God to grant me patience. God said, No. Patience is a by-product of tribulations. It isn’t granted, it is earned. <\/em><\/p>\n

I asked God to give me happiness. God said, No. I give you blessings. Happiness is up to you. <\/em><\/p>\n

I asked God to spare me pain. God said, No. Suffering draws you apart from worldly cares and brings you closer to me. <\/em><\/p>\n

I asked God to make my spirit grow. God said, No. You must grow on your own, but I will prune you to make you fruitful. <\/em><\/p>\n

I asked for all things that I might enjoy life. God said, No. I will give you life so that you may enjoy all things. <\/em><\/p>\n

I ask God to help me LOVE others, as much as he loves me. God said, Ahhhh, finally you have the idea. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I asked God to take away my pain. God said, No. It is not for me to take away, but for you to give it up. I asked God to make my handicapped child whole. God said, No. Her spirit was whole, her body was only temporary. I asked God to grant me patience. God Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123458,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,66],"tags":[178],"class_list":["post-1052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-zen-thing","category-religion","tag-religion"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123458"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1052"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4829,"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1052\/revisions\/4829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}