{"id":7111,"date":"2024-11-08T09:22:24","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T05:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/?p=7111"},"modified":"2025-01-07T13:06:55","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T09:06:55","slug":"soul-time-be-the-sunflower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/2024\/11\/08\/soul-time-be-the-sunflower\/","title":{"rendered":"Soul Time &#8211; Be the Sunflower"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:50px\"><\/div><\/h4>\n<h4>Be the Sunflower<\/h4>\n<p>Bright, yellow-faced sunflowers stand out in any garden, admired for their beauty and stature.<\/p>\n<p>All day long, they turn towards the sun, following its path like a compass, drawing energy from this supreme source.<\/p>\n<p>A union of countless tiny flowers, sunflowers track the sun from dawn to dusk, embodying a joyful expression of life and dependence on a higher power.<\/p>\n<p>However, their story changes on dark, cloudy days when the sun is hidden.<\/p>\n<p>On such days, instead of looking to the sky, sunflowers face each other to generate energy.<\/p>\n<p>They orient themselves toward the light within and to one another, displaying an unwavering faith that inspires, both in brilliance and in gloom.<\/p>\n<p>Nature offers us a profound lesson through sunflowers.<\/p>\n<p>Like them, we are designed to trust in the divine provision of grace on our journey.<\/p>\n<p>We, too, must lean on each other for warmth and support, whether in moments of joy or times of hardship.<\/p>\n<p>Let us bloom each day, trusting the supreme source, sharing goodness and warmth with one another, and remaining like sunflowers in the beautiful garden of family and society.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Be the Sunflower Bright, yellow-faced sunflowers stand out in any garden, admired for their beauty and stature. All day long, they turn towards the sun, following its path like a compass, drawing energy from this supreme source. A union of countless tiny flowers, sunflowers track the sun from dawn to dusk, embodying a joyful expression of life and dependence on a higher power. However, their story changes on dark, cloudy days when the sun is hidden. On such days, instead of looking to the sky, sunflowers face each other to&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7112,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[35],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7111"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7111"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7113,"href":"https:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7111\/revisions\/7113"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}