{"id":2705,"date":"2021-04-02T08:49:26","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T14:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/?p=2705"},"modified":"2021-04-02T09:31:06","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T15:31:06","slug":"easter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/?p=2705","title":{"rendered":"easter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I think of <em>or<\/em> hear the word &#8220;easter&#8221;, I think of HOPE.<\/p>\n<p>Heavenly<\/p>\n<p>Oxygen<\/p>\n<p>Permeating<\/p>\n<p>Earth!<\/p>\n<p>For me, Easter says, Surprise! It ain&#8217;t ova! The story continues&#8230;death does not prevail&#8230;Yeshu lives!<\/p>\n<p>This Good Friday (it&#8217;s sad Friday in my heart language; don&#8217;t know who decided which cultures would call it good or sad!). I believe it&#8217;s Good Friday because of the HOPE we hold and at the same time it&#8217;s sad Friday because of the deep pain the day brought.<\/p>\n<p>Feel the sadness. Grieve. Release. Grieve as long as you need (no formula).<\/p>\n<p>I see the arms of Yeshu extended out for a hug; kind eyes, gentle smile&#8230;no fear, just love. When I fall into that embrace, HOPE becomes Eternal for me.<\/p>\n<p>Many have tried to squash it, but HOPE can&#8217;t be taken&#8230;it is inextricably a part of me!<\/p>\n<p>So, I hold out HOPE to you dear heart.<\/p>\n<p>Close your eyes, breathe it in because HOPE is never false; always real\/alive\/beckoning!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em><strong>Common Day Hero:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I cannot begin to understand all the ways The Divine moves. I know that I have been forever changed. I know that HOPE brings healing. Your very presence brought to light things that had been buried for so long. Yeshu moves in an inexplicably beautiful way through you. Lanie, I dedicate this post to you.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I think of or hear the word &#8220;easter&#8221;, I think of HOPE. Heavenly Oxygen Permeating Earth! For me, Easter says, Surprise! It ain&#8217;t ova! The story continues&#8230;death does not prevail&#8230;Yeshu lives! This Good Friday (it&#8217;s sad Friday in my heart language; don&#8217;t know who decided which cultures would call it good or sad!). I&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[147,148,41],"class_list":["post-2705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-easter","tag-hope","tag-thedivine"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lalijean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/jan-tinneberg-tVIv23vcuz4-unsplash.jpg?fit=1920%2C1280&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2705"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2713,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2705\/revisions\/2713"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}