{"id":135049,"date":"2025-02-20T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=135049"},"modified":"2025-02-20T06:52:52","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T11:52:52","slug":"from-the-morning-bible-readings-1430","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=135049","title":{"rendered":"From the Morning Bible Readings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me.<br>I said, \u201cHere am I, here am I,\u201d<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;to a nation that did not call on my name.<br>I spread out my hands all the day<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;to a rebellious people,<br>who walk in a way that is not good,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;following their own devices;<br>a people who provoke me<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;to my face continually,<br>sacrificing in gardens<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and burning incense upon bricks;<br>who sit in tombs,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and spend the night in secret places;<br>who eat swine\u2019s flesh,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;<br><sup>&nbsp;<\/sup>who say, \u201cKeep to yourself,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;do not come near me, for I am set apart from you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211;Isaiah 65:1-5a<\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Happy Thursday all and hope your weekend has been better than mine! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zRrqtD0jqU\">pic.twitter.com\/zRrqtD0jqU<\/a><\/p>&mdash; David Oxtaby (@Disc_light) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Disc_light\/status\/1892506097119817746?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me.I said, \u201cHere am I, here am I,\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;to a nation that did not call on<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=135049\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-theology-scripture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=135049"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135070,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135049\/revisions\/135070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=135049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=135049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=135049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}