{"id":4438,"date":"2017-08-17T06:51:18","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T10:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldsandals.net\/?p=4438"},"modified":"2017-08-17T06:51:18","modified_gmt":"2017-08-17T10:51:18","slug":"against-the-wind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/?p=4438","title":{"rendered":"Against the wind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&quot;Renew a steadfast spirit within me.&quot; Psalm 51:10<\/p>\n<p>A steadfast spirit is one that leans in, that presses on, that is focused on the target, that gives thanks for life&apos;s gentle breezes; yet runs against the wind if necessary.<\/p>\n<p>A steadfast spirit, like everything else, is a gift from God, hence we ask Him for it, to renew and strengthen that which He has already given to us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&quot;Renew a steadfast spirit within me.&quot; Psalm 51:10 A steadfast spirit is one that leans in, that presses on, that is focused on the target, that gives thanks for life&apos;s gentle breezes; yet runs against the wind if necessary. A steadfast spirit, like everything else, is a gift from God, hence we ask Him for &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/?p=4438\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Against the wind&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4438"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4438"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4439,"href":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4438\/revisions\/4439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}