{"id":2739,"date":"2019-12-17T12:16:44","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T18:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/?p=2739"},"modified":"2019-12-17T12:16:44","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T18:16:44","slug":"share-the-true-joy-of-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/?p=2739","title":{"rendered":"Share the True Joy of Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mom-Reading-Book-pic-2.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2740\" src=\"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mom-Reading-Book-pic-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mom-Reading-Book-pic-2-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mom-Reading-Book-pic-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mom-Reading-Book-pic-2-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mom-Reading-Book-pic-2-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mom-Reading-Book-pic-2.jpg 626w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hey everyone!\u00a0 I know you\u2019re super-busy with all the Christmas preparations this season.\u00a0 One of the best things you can accomplish this year is to make sure your children or grandchildren understand the true reason we make such a fuss.\u00a0 There are many great children\u2019s books to help your little ones know that it is the birth of Jesus that we celebrate.\u00a0 If you click <a href=\"https:\/\/thepurposefulmom.com\/10-meaningful-christmas-books-to-read.html\">here<\/a>, you\u2019ll find a list of books for small children beautifully written and illustrated.\u00a0 Another children\u2019s book that I love is \u201cA Charlie Brown Christmas\u201d by Charles M. Schultz.\u00a0 This is a sweet story that you can also watch on screen.<\/p>\n<p>It would be worth your while to make a quick stop by your local library and borrow a few Christmas story books or run in your local bookstore and purchase a couple to read these last few days leading up to Christmas Day.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, I\u2019ve sometimes got so caught up in all the \u201cthings to do\u201d that I have allowed those \u201cthings\u201d to crowd out Jesus, the reason for it all.\u00a0 Leave your little ones with more than the lights, wrappings, Santa, and toys. These \u201cthings\u201d come and go.\u00a0 Show them <strong>Jesus<\/strong>, the hope of the world!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey everyone!\u00a0 I know you\u2019re super-busy with all the Christmas preparations this season.\u00a0 One of the best things you can accomplish this year is to make sure your children or grandchildren understand the true reason we make such a fuss.\u00a0 There are many great children\u2019s books to help your little ones know that it is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2739"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2741,"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2739\/revisions\/2741"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}