{"id":10778,"date":"2015-04-22T10:15:23","date_gmt":"2015-04-22T15:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/?p=10778"},"modified":"2022-07-28T06:08:39","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T11:08:39","slug":"in-the-word-on-wednesday-galatians-513","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/2015\/04\/22\/in-the-word-on-wednesday-galatians-513\/","title":{"rendered":"WOW: Serve One Another"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s time for another Word on Wednesday post. This week, our verse is Galatians 5:13 on serving one another:<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Free<\/p>\n

Yesterday was my birthday. I turned fifty<\/strong>. That’s 5-0.<\/p>\n

And one of my precious daughters made me a very special surprise for my birthday<\/strong> — a deck of fifty cards, each with something she loves about me printed on it.<\/p>\n

\"Mom's<\/p>\n

Isn’t that sweet?<\/strong><\/p>\n

She told me it took over three hours to put it all together. I’m hoping that’s just because she had to use 3-4 layers of paint to cover the middle section of the cards, and not because she was stumped for what to write<\/strong>. Ha!<\/p>\n

\"Fifty<\/p>\n

As I read through the cards, I was struck by how many of them involved action words rather than states of being<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Sure, there were a few “You’re beautiful,” “You’re patient,” “You’re creative,” but most of the things she loves about me revolve around things I do or have done: <\/strong><\/p>\n

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