{"id":7598,"date":"2025-08-03T14:10:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T10:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/?p=7598"},"modified":"2025-08-06T13:32:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T09:32:15","slug":"you-are-significant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/2025\/08\/03\/you-are-significant\/","title":{"rendered":"You are Significant"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:10px\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>You are Significant<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Each creation is unique and crafted with purpose for the glory of the Creator.<br \/>\nA bird in the sky, a bee in a comb, a caterpillar in its cocoon, a babe in a cradle\u2014each one is special.<br \/>\nWhen viewed through a worldly lens, we may never be satisfied with the judgments and standards.<br \/>\nYet, each person is called to serve uniquely along their life journey.<br \/>\nSome are called to great deeds\u2014governing, teaching, managing businesses\u2014while others serve through simple acts like preparing coffee, cooking meals, or sharing a smile.<br \/>\nWhether reviving an organization, being a loyal friend, consoling a lonely soul, sharing a smile, or encouraging family, each service is unique and significant in the Creator&#8217;s sight. To Him, they&#8217;re beautiful outpourings of His love.<br \/>\nThough the world may judge one service as more significant than another, remember: &#8220;You are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the world.&#8221; Your service, whatever it may be, has value and purpose.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/001-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"1310\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/001-2.jpeg 990w, http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/001-2-227x300.jpeg 227w, http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/001-2-774x1024.jpeg 774w, http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/001-2-768x1016.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 990px) 100vw, 990px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You are Significant Each creation is unique and crafted with purpose for the glory of the Creator. A bird in the sky, a bee in a comb, a caterpillar in its cocoon, a babe in a cradle\u2014each one is special. When viewed through a worldly lens, we may never be satisfied with the judgments and standards. Yet, each person is called to serve uniquely along their life journey. Some are called to great deeds\u2014governing, teaching, managing businesses\u2014while others serve through simple acts like preparing coffee, cooking meals, or sharing a&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7599,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[35],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7598"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7598"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7601,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7598\/revisions\/7601"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}