{"id":1654,"date":"2016-02-19T03:23:32","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T07:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/?p=1654"},"modified":"2016-02-19T03:23:32","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T07:23:32","slug":"written-in-the-dust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/2016\/02\/19\/written-in-the-dust\/","title":{"rendered":"Written in the Dust"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Flower<\/a>
Flower covered in dust<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Where there once was green, lush grass, there is now bare, dry land.\u00a0 The village wells that once were filled are now dry and abandoned.\u00a0 Everywhere we look, we see the evidence that we need rain.\u00a0 Even though the rains ceased about four months ago, the flowers still bloom.\u00a0 However, their beauty is quickly covered in a layer of dust.\u00a0 In our area, the beauty of the Philippines is now lost in a haze of brown.<\/p>\n

In the midst of all of this, our son Luke finds a little joy by leaving us messages written in the dust.\u00a0 Nightly, before going to bed, he writes on the glass window:\u00a0 \u201cI Love You!\u201d\u00a0 No, we are not poor housekeepers.\u00a0 Cleaning surfaces is a daily job.\u00a0 However, this is the amount of dust that collects each day in our house.\u00a0 These messages from Luke will cease when the dry season ends, at least the ones written in the dust.<\/p>\n

Preachers have encouraged their members to go home and dust off their Bibles.\u00a0 In other words, read it and spend time with their Lord, sit at His feet and learn from Him.\u00a0 Is there dust on your Bible?\u00a0 If so, dust it off by opening it up and enjoy His Word.\u00a0 Please pray with us that the Agutaynens, too, will keep the dust off their Bibles.<\/p>\n

\"Written<\/a>
Written in the dust by Luke<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Where there once was green, lush grass, there is now bare, dry land.\u00a0 The village wells that once were filled are now dry and abandoned.\u00a0 Everywhere we look, we see the evidence that we need rain.\u00a0 Even though the rains ceased about four months ago, the flowers still bloom.\u00a0 However, their beauty is quickly covered […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"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":[1],"tags":[448,637,240],"class_list":{"0":"post-1654","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"tag-ethnos360","8":"tag-new-tribes-mission","9":"tag-philippines","10":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1654\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}