{"id":1387,"date":"2016-09-02T16:48:10","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T21:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/?p=1387"},"modified":"2019-05-17T14:39:13","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T19:39:13","slug":"invitation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2016\/09\/02\/invitation\/","title":{"rendered":"An Invitation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/9116-Invitation.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1389\" src=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/9116-Invitation-1024x793.jpg\" alt=\"9:1:16 Invitation\" width=\"625\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/9116-Invitation-1024x793.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/9116-Invitation-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/9116-Invitation-768x595.jpg 768w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/9116-Invitation-624x483.jpg 624w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/9116-Invitation.jpg 1429w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a>by Lydia Floren<\/p>\n<p>Pictures are such a big part of our lives, aren\u2019t they? In the last couple of years, I have enjoyed taking pictures, and then pairing them with a saying or verse. I call them \u201cSunrays\u201d because they shine a little truth into my life. For example, this photo of a lava tunnel (basically, a big hole in a rock) I took in Maui, Hawaii, always speaks to me of how powerful God is. He really can make a way where there is no way.<a href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/9116-Make-A-Way.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1390\" src=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/9116-Make-A-Way-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"9:1:16 Make A Way\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/9116-Make-A-Way-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/9116-Make-A-Way-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/9116-Make-A-Way-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/9116-Make-A-Way-624x416.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/9116-Make-A-Way.jpeg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a>Over the next few weeks, I am planning to post pictures of various scenes (primarily in nature) illustrating phrases from Psalm 23. <strong>Would you be willing to help?<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>An Invitation<\/strong>: <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Share your photos of Psalm 23 with us!<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Take some time to<strong> think about Psalm 23<\/strong> (see below), maybe while spending time out in nature, and\/or scrolling through old pictures.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pick out one or more favorite photos<\/strong> that speak to you in some way about these wonderful words.<\/li>\n<li>And then <strong>forward them to me via <a href=\"lydia@belovedlove.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">email<\/a>,\u00a0or simply post them on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/belovedlove.org\">Belovedlove Facebook<\/a> page<\/strong>. (If you have time, include a few words about your photo, such as why you chose it, or where you took it.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I look forward to hearing from you, and seeing a little of your world. And then passing that blessing along to many others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thank you!<\/strong> You are such a blessing to me!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Lydia Floren<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I thank God in all of my remembrance of you.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Psalm 23 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;The LORD\u00a0is my shepherd,\u2028 I shall not want.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>He makes me lie down in green pastures;\u2028 He leads me beside quiet waters.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>He restores my soul;\u2028 He guides me in the paths of righteousness\u2028 for His name\u2019s sake.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,\u2028 I fear no evil, for You are with me;\u2028\u00a0Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You have anointed my head with oil;\u2028 my cup overflows.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life,\u2028 and I will dwell in the house of the LORD\u00a0forever.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Lydia Floren Pictures are such a big part of our lives, aren\u2019t they? 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For example, this photo of a lava tunnel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[488],"class_list":["post-1387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-psalms"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>An Invitation - Belovedlove<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2016\/09\/02\/invitation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"An Invitation - Belovedlove\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"by Lydia Floren Pictures are such a big part of our lives, aren\u2019t they? 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