{"id":4163,"date":"2011-12-22T21:22:27","date_gmt":"2011-12-22T21:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=4163"},"modified":"2011-12-22T21:22:27","modified_gmt":"2011-12-22T21:22:27","slug":"peace-on-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=4163","title":{"rendered":"Peace on Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/tree-with-snow.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[4163]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-Blog Post Image wp-image-4164\" title=\"tree with snow\" src=\"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/tree-with-snow-580x383.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/tree-with-snow-580x383.jpg 580w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/tree-with-snow-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/tree-with-snow-270x178.jpg 270w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/tree-with-snow-960x635.jpg 960w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/tree-with-snow-600x397.jpg 600w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/tree-with-snow-880x582.jpg 880w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/tree-with-snow-350x231.jpg 350w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/tree-with-snow-400x264.jpg 400w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/tree-with-snow-370x244.jpg 370w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/tree-with-snow-500x330.jpg 500w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/tree-with-snow-750x496.jpg 750w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/tree-with-snow.jpg 1183w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s getting close now, that magical time of celebration! \u00a0 This is a terrible time to be alone. \u00a0As families gather and friends come together, I bet you know someone that will be spending Christmas alone. \u00a0Consider setting another place at your Christmas table, or taking a warm meal to a shut in. \u00a0You could also find out if the local food bank is delivering baskets and contribute, or better yet, go along and find out the real joy of Christmas! \u00a0The baby that was born on Christmas Day spent His life ministering to the poor, the elderly, those in prisons, and those that were lame and \u00a0blind. \u00a0If you&#8217;ve ever wondered how you could please God, it might be to love the same people He loved, and bring comfort to those in dispair.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The greatest way you can share His love is to reach out to the lost. \u00a0To share His love and compassion with them, to invite them to the Lord&#8217;s table, to help them find the ultimate Peace On Earth!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>God has set a wonderful feast table before us, and you are invited to join in the dinner. \u00a0This is your invitation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In Christ,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>the pilgrim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; It&#8217;s getting close now, that magical time of celebration! \u00a0 This is a terrible time to be alone. \u00a0As families gather and friends come together, I bet you know someone that will be spending Christmas alone. \u00a0Consider setting another place at your Christmas table, or taking a warm meal to a shut in. \u00a0You [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chronicles"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4163"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4165,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4163\/revisions\/4165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}