{"id":4102,"date":"2010-02-23T09:15:19","date_gmt":"2010-02-23T13:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/?p=4102"},"modified":"2010-02-19T11:32:35","modified_gmt":"2010-02-19T15:32:35","slug":"looking-for-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/2010\/02\/23\/looking-for-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking for God"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4103\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4103\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/files\/2010\/02\/flatrail.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4103\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/files\/2010\/02\/flatrail-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Along a different stretch of the Florida Trail last spring.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/files\/2010\/02\/flatrail-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/files\/2010\/02\/flatrail-83x110.jpg 83w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/files\/2010\/02\/flatrail-188x250.jpg 188w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/files\/2010\/02\/flatrail.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4103\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Along a different stretch of the Florida Trail last spring.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Have you ever gone looking for God?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not like I think He\u2019s hiding or anything. And He\u2019s always with you, of course, if you\u2019re His child.<\/p>\n<p>So why would you go looking for Him?<\/p>\n<p>OK, so maybe you wouldn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>But I do.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, I am.<\/p>\n<p>As this goes public, I am somewhere along the Florida Trail in the Ocala National Forest, backpacking.<\/p>\n<p>No computer. My cell phone is in my pack and turned off. No co-workers in need of my help. (At least, no co-workers in need of my help who can find me.)<\/p>\n<p>Just me and God.<\/p>\n<p>I find backpacking trips a great way to get away from all the distractions and open the Word and my heart and listen. It\u2019s a time to hear what God has to say to me, and I try to be open to hearing and applying whatever He says.<\/p>\n<p>Would you please pray for my family while I am away? Pray for a safe and good trip for me. And pray that I have ears to hear what God has to say, and an open heart and mind to apply it.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever gone looking for God? It\u2019s not like I think He\u2019s hiding or anything. And He\u2019s always with you, of course, if you\u2019re His child. So why would you go looking for Him? OK, so maybe you wouldn\u2019t. But I do. In fact, I am. As this goes public, I am somewhere along [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1198],"tags":[1710,45],"class_list":{"0":"post-4102","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-prayer-request","7":"tag-backpacking","8":"tag-pray","9":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4102\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}