{"id":130,"date":"2014-06-19T16:25:46","date_gmt":"2014-06-20T01:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=130"},"modified":"2014-06-19T16:25:46","modified_gmt":"2014-06-20T01:25:46","slug":"june-19-we-all-need-to-know-we-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=130","title":{"rendered":"June 19 &#8211; We All Need to Know We Matter!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"shariff\" data-title=\"June 19 &#8211; We All Need to Know We Matter!\" data-info-url=\"http:\/\/ct.de\/-2467514\" data-backend-url=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/plugins\/shariff-sharing\/backend\/index.php\" data-temp=\"\/tmp\" data-ttl=\"60\" data-service=\"gftr\" data-services='[\"googleplus\",\"facebook\",\"twitter\",\"reddit\",\"info\"]' data-image=\"\" data-url=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=130\" data-lang=\"en\" data-theme=\"colored\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\"><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/people-talking.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-131\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/people-talking.jpg\" alt=\"people talking\" width=\"260\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When you look at this photo it shows three people together talking. \u00a0They are looking directly at each other and smiling. \u00a0That is a sign that you matter to someone when they will look you in the eye and smile. \u00a0It is what builds a relationship. \u00a0Life seems so busy these days and there are so many activities competing for our limited time; because of these facts when someone gives us the gift of their time, the gift has value.<\/p>\n<p>I engaged with a famiiy in the last week that I had never met before. \u00a0Now through 3 ministry encounters I have a standing invitation to visit them anytime I want to. \u00a0I didn&#8217;t do anything that others would not have been capable of doing. \u00a0I was able to convey at the moments I was with them they were my priority. \u00a0Who has been your priority this week? \u00a0Have they felt your presence and responded to it? \u00a0Each day has opportunities to share of ourselves. \u00a0Let&#8217;s be joyful in sharing ourselves with others in meaningful ways!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you look at this photo it shows three people together talking. \u00a0They are looking directly at each other and smiling. \u00a0That is a sign that you matter to someone when they will look you in the eye and smile. \u00a0It is what builds a relationship. \u00a0Life seems so busy these days and there are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=130\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">June 19 &#8211; We All Need to Know We Matter!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/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":[],"class_list":["post-130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=130"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130\/revisions\/132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}