{"id":166,"date":"2011-01-26T22:14:11","date_gmt":"2011-01-27T03:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ministryserver.com\/wp\/?page_id=166"},"modified":"2011-01-30T15:31:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-30T20:31:00","slug":"166-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ministryserver.com\/wp\/?page_id=166","title":{"rendered":"Coal Dust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Coal Dust<\/span><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n\t<sup>&copy;<\/sup>Ray Waugh, Jr.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The coal bucket<br \/>\n\t&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; beside the old pot-bellied stove<br \/>\n\t&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; sitting in the center of the country store,<br \/>\n\t&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; surrounded by rickety chairs, and beat up boxes<br \/>\n\tprovides many reasons for giving<br \/>\n\t&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; thanks to the Lord.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The Lord made the coal.<br \/>\n\tThe Lord makes the ashes.<br \/>\n\tThe Lord preserves life by the warmth of the fire.<br \/>\n\tThere are many sides to life. God gives each of us<br \/>\n\t&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the opportunity to appreciate<br \/>\n\t&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the ash,<br \/>\n\t&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the fire, and&nbsp;<br \/>\n\t&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the coal&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">From the darkness of the earth, to the fire in the<br \/>\n\t&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; stove, to the rising of the heat . . .<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Yes, like people I know, coal is much more than<br \/>\n\t&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the obviously dirty, dusty chunks<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coal Dust &copy;Ray Waugh, Jr. The coal bucket &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; beside the old pot-bellied stove &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; sitting in the center of the country store, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; surrounded by rickety chairs, and beat up boxes provides many reasons for giving &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; thanks to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ministryserver.com\/wp\/?page_id=166\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":297,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"onecolumn-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-166","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ministryserver.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ministryserver.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ministryserver.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ministryserver.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ministryserver.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ministryserver.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/166\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ministryserver.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ministryserver.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}