{"id":7434,"date":"2021-08-07T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-07T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=7434"},"modified":"2021-07-31T12:50:46","modified_gmt":"2021-07-31T16:50:46","slug":"how-green-is-your-grass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/how-green-is-your-grass\/","title":{"rendered":"How Green Is Your Grass?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe title=\"How Green Is Your Grass? 8\/07\/21\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=ck3vv-10a25d7-pb&#038;from=pb6admin&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Arial&#038;skin=1&#038;font-color=auto&#038;btn-skin=7\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Erma Bombeck wrote in her best-selling book,\u00a0<em>&#8220;If Life Is A Bowl Of Cherries, What Am I Doing Here In The Pits&#8221;,<\/em>  about two special moments in her husband&#8217;s life.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>There was a time when the children were growing up that her husband&nbsp;used to go and look at the back yard.&nbsp; Surveying the muddy patches where the&nbsp;lawn&nbsp;should be, he would wonder<strong>, \u201cWill the grass ever&nbsp;come back?\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>And then there was the time when the children were grown and gone that her husband went and looked over the beautiful green&nbsp;lawn,&nbsp;immaculate from lack of use and wondered,&nbsp;<em>\u201cWill the children ever come back?\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Some parts of our life are temporary &#8211; some are eternal.&nbsp; Wisdom knows the difference.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I WON\u2019T DARE TO QUESTION GOD WHY I SUFFER PAIN, BECAUSE I NEVER TRY TO QUESTION GOD WHEN I EXPERIENCE HAPPINESS!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-amazon wp-block-embed-amazon\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"oceanwp-oembed-wrap clr\"><iframe title=\"THE GATHERING: Jesus and Abortion A Story For Our Time\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"1200\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com\/kp\/card?preview=inline&#038;linkCode=kpd&#038;ref_=k4w_oembed_CmmNwb96TQg98H&#038;asin=B08BC62QCX&#038;tag=kpembed-20\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Erma Bombeck wrote in her best-selling book,\u00a0&#8220;If Life Is A Bowl Of Cherries, What Am I Doing Here In The Pits&#8221;, about two special moments in her husband&#8217;s life. 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