{"id":144282,"date":"2026-03-31T17:41:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T21:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=144282"},"modified":"2026-03-31T18:45:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T22:45:18","slug":"a-prayer-for-the-day-from-william-edward-scudamore-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=144282","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer for the Day from William Edward Scudamore (1813-1881)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lord Jesus, who as on this day didst curse the fig tree bearing leaves, and nothing but leaves: Grant that we, warned by this example, may never seek to make a fair show in the flesh, but strive to bring forth the fruit of a holy and godly life, acceptable in thy sight; who with the Father and the Holy Ghost art one God, world without end.<\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jesus does something strange in Mark 11. He\u2019s hungry, sees a fig tree full of leaves but with no fruit, and curses it, saying, \u201cMay no one ever eat fruit from you again\u201d (Mark 11:12\u201314).<br><br>So was Jesus just hangry, having a bad day, or is something else going on?<br><br>What we see here\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RSriHDIh0l\">pic.twitter.com\/RSriHDIh0l<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Chad Bird (@birdchadlouis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/birdchadlouis\/status\/2020815180150538274?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 9, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lord Jesus, who as on this day didst curse the fig tree bearing leaves, and nothing but leaves: Grant that we, warned by this example, may never seek to make a fair show in the flesh, but strive to bring<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=144282\">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":[570,188],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holy-week","category-spiritualityprayer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144282","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=144282"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144285,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144282\/revisions\/144285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}