{"id":3814,"date":"2022-08-01T16:42:10","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T15:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/?p=3814"},"modified":"2022-08-01T16:42:10","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T15:42:10","slug":"be-prepared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/2022\/08\/01\/be-prepared\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Prepared"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apologies for the meagreness of recent posts &#8211; stuff to do.<\/p>\n<p>I used to be a scout, and we were told to &#8216;be prepared&#8217;, ?coincidentally? the same initials as Baden-Powell (so, a bit of a narcissist maybe). The thought of being prepared for stuff to happen at any point left me a little on edge. But when Jesus (<a href=\"https:\/\/lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu\/texts.php?id=274\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">next Sunday&#8217;s lectionary<\/a>, Luke reading) tells his disciples to be prepared, he begins by saying, <em>&#8220;Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father&#8217;s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.&#8221;<\/em> So we can maybe be prepared without being on edge &#8211; like a back four that is both concentrating and confident.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of which, hats off to the England football team, winning for the nation and for women.<\/p>\n<p>Three hills here with; farm,<br \/>\ntelevision mast and church:<br \/>\nbody, mind, spirit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apologies for the meagreness of recent posts &#8211; stuff to do. I used to be a scout, and we were told to &#8216;be prepared&#8217;, ?coincidentally? the same initials as Baden-Powell (so, a bit of a narcissist maybe). The thought of being prepared for stuff to happen at any point left me a little on edge. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/2022\/08\/01\/be-prepared\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Be Prepared&#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-3814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3814","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=3814"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3815,"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3814\/revisions\/3815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}