{"id":1845,"date":"2022-06-10T01:03:10","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T01:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=1845"},"modified":"2022-06-09T20:05:49","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T20:05:49","slug":"when-life-gives-you-lemons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/when-life-gives-you-lemons\/","title":{"rendered":"When life gives you lemons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Friday, June 10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>When life gives you lemons<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation. Afterward they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.\u00a0<\/em><strong>James 1:12<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A few years ago I wrote a blog titled &#8211;\u00a0<em>When life gives you Lemons, make double fudge Chocolate Cake<\/em>\u00a0and today, I\u2019d like to remind you of that promise. God has not promised us that in this life things will be easy. Instead God\u2019s Word tells us that after we have endured then we will be rewarded and as difficult as it may be to receive that truth today I encourage you to hold onto your praise. Character and development does not come through only good times, often it comes through testing stages. Your circumstances may seem unfair and unjust, but if you would only allow God to use it for His honor and His glory you will be rewarded.<\/p>\n<p>When faced with trials or triumph, which will you choose? Trust in the Lord and believe in His promises. He will never leave you nor forsake you. Even when you are in the darkest valley God is still watching over you. The song writer says, one set of footprints in the sand. That is because God is holding your hand along life\u2019s journey.<\/p>\n<p>If you are tired, weary, and just plain in need of a miracle look for God. Take your lemons and bake a delicious chocolate cake. Show the world that you don\u2019t have to have it all together or see the ending result to rejoice. Even when life seems helpless, you are not hopeless because God has your back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, June 10 When life gives you lemons God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation. Afterward they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.\u00a0James 1:12 A few years ago I wrote a blog titled &#8211;\u00a0When life gives you Lemons, make double fudge Chocolate Cake\u00a0and today, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1845"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1850,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1845\/revisions\/1850"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}