{"id":7,"date":"2003-03-26T13:28:08","date_gmt":"2003-03-26T20:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=7"},"modified":"2003-03-26T13:28:08","modified_gmt":"2003-03-26T20:28:08","slug":"eternal-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=7","title":{"rendered":"Eternal Perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been thinking so much about this new perspective I have on life. It&#8217;s much more an &#8220;eternal&#8221; perspective. So much doesn&#8217;t matter now. Things I&#8217;ve fretted over and spent alot of time on &#8211; they are just not that important. I am joyful over the fact that this world of pain and heartbreak is NOT MY HOME! And, remember those treasures we are promised in Heaven? I imagine those to be my children, Lord willing, who will be there with my praising my Lord and King. THAT will be a wonderful day!! <\/p>\n<p>Father,<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ve decided in your Sovereign will that I am to stay on this earth awhile longer. And, I want to thank you for that responsibility. But you know that my heart has a chunk missing. Please heal me and give me a new heart so that I can minister to my family as I need to today and for all the remaining days.<br \/>\nThank you that You&#8217;ve told us enough about Heaven to know that Joshie is in the best place possible. Help me to be able to say, like Eric, that I wouldn&#8217;t change that for anything. Because you know in my heart that I am selfish enough to have him leave perfection for more time with me.<br \/>\nPlease be with J1 who has a fever today &#8211; and J2 who so wants to learn to read, but doesn&#8217;t want to do the work (sigh) &#8211; and J3 who just wants to play all day. Give me strength to keep up with them.<br \/>\nFather, the children are rising and my day must start&#8230;.please order my day so it might glorify You!<br \/>\nAmen<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=7\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D7&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F10%2Fcropped-poppy-150x150.jpg&#038;description=Eternal%20Perspective\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=7\" data-text=\"Eternal Perspective\" data-via=\"Knitnmom\" >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a class=\"tumblr-share-button\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/share\" data-title=\"Eternal Perspective\" data-content=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=7\" title=\"Share on Tumblr\"data-posttype=\"link\">Share on Tumblr<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button\" href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=7\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\" ><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;width:150px;\"><ul style=\"background-image:none;\"><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Eternal%20Perspective&body=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D7&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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