{"id":2957,"date":"2023-12-01T03:40:04","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T03:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=2957"},"modified":"2023-11-27T22:47:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T22:47:39","slug":"the-happy-arrival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/the-happy-arrival\/","title":{"rendered":"The Happy Arrival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: right;\"><strong>Friday, December 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Happy Arrival<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. \u00a0<\/em><strong>Isaiah 9:6<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christmas for me doesn\u2019t just represent the colors, the gifts, the tree for me, it\u2019s so much more. The Christmas season represents hope. Isaiah 9:6 offers us a glimpse of this hope, it is like a bright thread in a beautiful picture. It&#8217;s full of hope and joy. This verse talks about a special baby who comes to us with a big present \u2014 Himself!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We need a God who is our hope &#8212; wrapped in swaddling clothes, incarnate, a child, a ruler, a righteous judge, a shot of the branch of Jesse, Alpha and Omega, Yeshua, Savior, the Blessed Hope.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s the happiest arrival. Just picture it \u2014 a baby born, a gift given. This isn&#8217;t an ordinary baby; it&#8217;s the start of hope coming to life. The God of Hope shows up in the form of a tiny baby. The promise that people waited for a long time is now real, like a little baby wrapped up snug.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a world where things can be unsure, this baby is like our anchor in a big storm. The God of Hope becomes the most important part of what we believe. The promises that start in a little bed go all the way to a big cross, making a future full of hope.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, December 1 Happy Arrival For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. \u00a0Isaiah 9:6 Christmas for me doesn\u2019t just represent the colors, the gifts, the tree [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2957","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\/2957","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=2957"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2963,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2957\/revisions\/2963"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}