{"id":3320,"date":"2022-02-08T10:58:20","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T10:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/?p=3320"},"modified":"2022-02-08T10:59:04","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T10:59:04","slug":"3320","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/2022\/02\/08\/3320\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is really blessed?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"249\" src=\"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/100_3740.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/100_3740.jpg 400w, https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/100_3740-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption>Wobbly deer picture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu\/texts.php?id=112\" target=\"_blank\">Sunday&#8217;s Lectionary<\/a>, <em>&#8220;Then [Jesus] looked up at his disciples and said: &#8216;Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God&#8230;.'&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wonder what it would look like if one had a lifelong commitment to living by those words and the others in that section (like blessings for people who are hungry; or hated because of following Christ).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, in this world wide web of trading relationships, I wonder how serious we could be about imposing economic sanctions on Russia &#8211; we&#8217;re too addicted to fossil fuels, and the UK governing party allegedly needs donations from rich people with Russian connections too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As with China, we all need each other &#8211; which is kind of good, but makes for a difficult and dangerous game when nations try and push the boundaries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Sunday&#8217;s Lectionary, &#8220;Then [Jesus] looked up at his disciples and said: &#8216;Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God&#8230;.&#8217;&#8221; I wonder what it would look like if one had a lifelong commitment to living by those words and the others in that section (like blessings for people who are &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/2022\/02\/08\/3320\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Who is really blessed?&#8221;<\/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-3320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3320"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3324,"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3320\/revisions\/3324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}