{"id":1494,"date":"2015-11-18T12:17:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-18T18:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/these-are-few-of-my-favorite-things\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T10:05:06","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T16:05:06","slug":"these-are-few-of-my-favorite-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=1494","title":{"rendered":"These Are a Few of My Favorite Things"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-HyhoK2Cwbe8\/Vkxr4kdHtII\/AAAAAAAAMkU\/1auIDL7hm0I\/s1600\/Fireplace3.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Fireplace3.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Day 316 of Photo Inspirations &#8212; These Are a Few of My Favorite Things<br \/>\nDefinitely not the feet in the beach picture, but a chilly morning, wearing my cozy robe and slippers, sitting in my favorite comfy chair, with the fireplace blazing, sipping on a hot cup of coffee and having sweet, peaceful times&#8230;.just me and my Father God. Such bliss. &nbsp;Yes, these are a few of my favorite things.<\/p>\n<p>Okay &#8212; let&#8217;s get real! &nbsp;I know that scenario must look and sound like Fantasyland for you moms and dads who hit the ground running. &nbsp;You do good to get your teeth brushed and your &#8220;troll&#8221; hair back to normal so you don&#8217;t startle your little ones before it&#8217;s rushing to get their breakfast made and their lunches packed and then hustling everyone off to school or work. &nbsp;And that&#8217;s all in the first 15 minutes of your day. &nbsp;The day may hold your job where your fast pace continues, and\/or it&#8217;s a packed-full day of housework, laundry, taxi service, bills paying, meals preparing, etc. <\/p>\n<p>I know that pace &#8212; been there and done it with my kids and even my grandkids. &nbsp;One day, you, too, will have earned this calmer, more stable and relaxed place of casually&#8230;.getting your day going.<\/p>\n<p>This quiet place is where I get some of my best inspirations. &nbsp;That&#8217;s where this post today comes from &#8212; a peaceful, noise-free place. &nbsp;But I know it&#8217;s also possible during the times of craziness to find a secret place &#8212; maybe a closet or even the bathroom. &nbsp;Lock the door, even for 5 minutes to &#8220;chill&#8221; and listen. &nbsp;God&#8217;s still small voice is there to settle you down and whisper His profound love into your ears. &nbsp;When you acknowledge Him at some point of your day, I promise you &#8212; you&#8217;ll recognize Him throughout your day. &nbsp;Those times when you almost forgot to do something and then you recall it before it&#8217;s too late or that extra ingredient in the recipe that you almost forgot to add, but didn&#8217;t, or you&#8217;re just pulling out of your driveway and you remembered your cell phone or book or deposit you needed to take with you. &nbsp;Those are those &#8220;Thanks, God! &nbsp;I know you reminded me!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Having these little quiet times of dedicated focus on God (acknowledgeing Him) is like a divine roto rooter that clears the passageways for entry of God&#8217;s voice that brings clarity into your thinking. <\/p>\n<p>So whether you have a cozy spot like mine, or it&#8217;s a bathroom stall at work&#8230;..go there for R &amp; R (refilling and refocusing) on Him whose got all the answers AND the bases covered for you! <\/p>\n<p>Jeremiah 29:12 &#8220;Then you will call to me. You will come and pray to me, and I will hear you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Psalm 91:1 &#8220;He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 316 of Photo Inspirations &#8212; These Are a Few of My Favorite Things Definitely not the feet in the beach picture, but a chilly morning, wearing my cozy robe and slippers, sitting in my favorite comfy chair, with the fireplace blazing, sipping on a hot cup of coffee and having sweet, peaceful times&#8230;.just me&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9267,9268,9269,9270,9271,9272,9273,6801,120,7094,124,4358],"class_list":["post-1494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-comfy-chair","tag-cozy-robe","tag-cup-of-coffee","tag-fast-pace","tag-fireplace-blazing","tag-gods-still-small-voice","tag-jeremiah-2912","tag-photo-inspiration","tag-psalm-911","tag-quiet-place","tag-secret-place","tag-these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-things"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1494"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4404,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1494\/revisions\/4404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}