{"id":3226,"date":"2021-01-23T17:28:47","date_gmt":"2021-01-23T22:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/?p=3226"},"modified":"2021-02-28T17:10:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T22:10:00","slug":"wondering-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/2021\/01\/23\/wondering-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Wondering Again &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thought I would share a short, revised excerpt from our January newsletter this month.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3241 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2021\/01\/open-hands.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"111\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2021\/01\/open-hands.png 180w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2021\/01\/open-hands-102x110.png 102w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 111px) 100vw, 111px\" \/>\u2018As I began to think about writing this month (January), I was mindful of what I wrote last year at this time. I wondered what this new year, 2020, would bring and if my hands would be open to accept what <u>HE<\/u> had for me or would I hold tight to what <u>I<\/u> wanted.<\/p>\n<p>The year 2020 was a year full of ups and downs.\u00a0 We gained a daughter-in-law (Matthew got married in June) and Holly and Nick had baby #3, (a little girl) in October! \u00a0We also lost family members and very dear people that we loved due to illness and cancer.<\/p>\n<p>And then there was COVID-19, which caused life changes for all of us &#8211; jobs, schooling, ministry, family and friend relationships, social distancing, etc. &#8211; big changes!\u00a0 So, in all honesty \u2026 I\u2019m not sure if I am ready for 2021 &#8211; but regardless of how I feel, ready or not, the new year, 2021, is here, and I\u2019m wondering again if my hands will be open or are they clenched tightly to what I want?\u2019<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3237 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2021\/01\/heart-in-hands-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"112\" height=\"107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2021\/01\/heart-in-hands-2.png 203w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2021\/01\/heart-in-hands-2-115x110.png 115w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s pray for each other &#8211; that our hearts and our hands will be open to what HE has for us all in this new year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thought I would share a short, revised excerpt from our January newsletter this month. \u2018As I began to think about writing this month (January), I was mindful of what I wrote last year at this time. I wondered what this new year, 2020, would bring and if my hands would be open to accept what [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":692,"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":[1034],"tags":[448],"class_list":{"0":"post-3226","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-personal","7":"tag-ethnos360","8":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/692"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3226\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}