{"id":3736,"date":"2019-10-19T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-19T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=3736"},"modified":"2019-10-19T23:49:58","modified_gmt":"2019-10-20T03:49:58","slug":"its-gods-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/its-gods-world\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s God\u2019s World!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3736\" class=\"elementor elementor-3736\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2ab3360b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2ab3360b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7d7eabbc\" data-id=\"7d7eabbc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1c3270 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b1c3270\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 18-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<iframe title=\"It's God's World! 10\/19\/19\" height=\"122\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/vn3ws-c30572?from=yiiadmin&#038;download=1&#038;version=1&#038;skin=1&#038;btn-skin=107&#038;auto=0&#038;share=1&#038;fonts=Helvetica&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;pbad=1\"><\/iframe>\n&nbsp;\n<p dir=\"auto\"><strong><u>God never intended God&#8217;s boundaries to be less than the whole world<\/u>. <\/strong> <em><u>A God Flash<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><em>Therefore, none of us have a monopoly on God&#8217;s love. We may feel like we do when we look down on someone different than we are, or when we snicker at someone&#8217;s misfortune, or when we say, <strong>&#8220;Thank you, Lord, that I am not like them,&#8221; <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Or when we say, <strong><em>&#8220;It&#8217;s too bad they do not believe as we believe.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong> But woe be unto us whenever we reek of such arrogance! For when we try to restrict God&#8217;s grace to ourselves, we cut ourselves off from that very grace.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><strong>Why? <\/strong><u>Pierre Teilhard de Chardin may have said it best<\/u>: <strong><em>&#8220;It is impossible to love Christ without loving others, and it is impossible to love others without moving nearer to Christ.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; God never intended God&#8217;s boundaries to be less than the whole world. A God Flash Therefore, none of us have a monopoly on God&#8217;s love. 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