{"id":216,"date":"2015-12-07T21:06:48","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T21:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/macyplace.com\/tom\/blog\/?p=216"},"modified":"2015-12-07T21:06:48","modified_gmt":"2015-12-07T21:06:48","slug":"trials-of-lottie-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tom.macyplace.com\/Blog\/index.php\/2015\/12\/07\/trials-of-lottie-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"Trials of Lottie Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This month, as we focus on our Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, we often overlook the trials Lottie faced in her life. From loss of wealth to giving up the man she loved, her life was full of heartache. Yet she changed our view of missions and impacted northern China in a way that is still felt today. I remember reading somewhere: <em>Life is not about avoiding the storms but learning to dance in the rain.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tom.macyplace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/lottie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-217\" src=\"http:\/\/tom.macyplace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/lottie-244x300.jpg\" alt=\"lottine.jpg  (NT Photo-oconee-1299)\" width=\"244\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tom.macyplace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/lottie-244x300.jpg 244w, http:\/\/tom.macyplace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/lottie.jpg 407w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 85vw, 244px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In our Sunday morning Bible Study yesterday, we were discussing Peter\u2019s venture of walking on water outside the boat in the midst of a storm. Usually, we think of this in terms of our Lord\u2019s chiding him for his lack of faith. However, as one lady observed, everyone goes through storms in his\/her life. The question is, will we have the faith to get out of the boat at our savior\u2019s call; or will we stay put and avoid what might be learned?<\/p>\n<p>Lottie Moon said, \u201c[No] trouble comes upon us unless it is needed\u2026we ought to be just as thankful for sorrows as for joys.\u201d We should listen to her words and not be afraid to get out of the boat.<\/p>\n<p>See more at \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coyfaith.com\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Courage of Your Faith<\/span><\/a>.\u201d The Courage of Your Faith consists of 12 short stories from our history and 12 Bible Studies on issues as relevant today as they were in the past. Each study includes supplemental information and a Power Point slide presentation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month, as we focus on our Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, we often overlook the trials Lottie faced in her life. From loss of wealth to giving up the man she loved, her life was full of heartache. Yet she changed our view of missions and impacted northern China in a way that is still &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/tom.macyplace.com\/Blog\/index.php\/2015\/12\/07\/trials-of-lottie-moon\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Trials of Lottie Moon&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[30,60,70],"class_list":["post-216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1871themissionaries","tag-baptist","tag-history","tag-lottie-moon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tom.macyplace.com\/Blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tom.macyplace.com\/Blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tom.macyplace.com\/Blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tom.macyplace.com\/Blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tom.macyplace.com\/Blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/tom.macyplace.com\/Blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tom.macyplace.com\/Blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tom.macyplace.com\/Blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tom.macyplace.com\/Blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}