{"id":6899,"date":"2012-06-14T15:15:05","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T22:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iamsignificant.ca\/?p=6899"},"modified":"2018-02-13T02:37:51","modified_gmt":"2018-02-13T02:37:51","slug":"hope-on-the-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iamsignificant.ca\/home\/soul-significance\/hope-on-the-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope on the Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">I hung hope out with the laundry, clothes-pinned tenderly beside a pillowcase, a tea towel, two sheets and some socks. I could tell she needed air, a sweet puff of wind. She needed to get warm again basking in the sun. \u00a0 <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">After a few hours, I came out with my basket and took her down. We both felt refreshed. \u00a0 She said, &#8220;Please don&#8217;t put me back in the drawer with the sheets. Spread me on your table. Let your guests spill their wine and crumbs of bread upon me. Wash me gently, put me back in the sun. \u00a0 Lay me across your bed, so I may keep you warm at night. Or put me on the children&#8217;s bed, that I might comfort their dreams. \u00a0 Whatever you do,&#8221; she said, &#8220;include me, involve me in your living. It is the only way that I can live.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2547\" src=\"http:\/\/iamsignificant.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/divflourish.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"52\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">The hope of our faith not only enlightens our future but energizes our present. \u00a0Hope inspires and carries us through the difficult things in life. \u00a0However, hope brings a deeper quality of life in every moment.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">How do you relate to hope? \u00a0Only pull it out in times of trial and stress?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">What do you hope for? \u00a0Deep down, in your heart, what calls out in hope?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">How does this hope impact your day to day living?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div>source: Unknown. \u00a0A story I heard from someone re-telling a story. Thanks to Philip Chircop.<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I hung hope out with the laundry, clothes-pinned tenderly beside a pillowcase, a tea towel, two sheets and some socks. I could tell she needed air, a sweet puff of wind. She needed to get warm again basking in the sun. \u00a0 After a few hours, I came out with my basket and took her&#8230;","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[87,99,167,179,260,467],"class_list":["post-6899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soul-significance","tag-casting-vision","tag-christian-formation","tag-everyday-spirituality","tag-faith-in-real-life","tag-hope","tag-significance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamsignificant.ca\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamsignificant.ca\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamsignificant.ca\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamsignificant.ca\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamsignificant.ca\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iamsignificant.ca\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamsignificant.ca\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamsignificant.ca\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamsignificant.ca\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamsignificant.ca\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}