{"id":1961,"date":"2016-05-01T02:30:57","date_gmt":"2016-05-01T07:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/twolisteners.org\/?p=1961"},"modified":"2016-05-01T02:30:57","modified_gmt":"2016-05-01T07:30:57","slug":"may-1-delay-is-not-denial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/?p=1961","title":{"rendered":"May 1 &#8211; Delay Is Not Denial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-1333 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/m_ea65.jpg\" alt=\"M_EA65\" width=\"348\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/m_ea65.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/m_ea65-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 348px) 100vw, 348px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read the lessons of Divine control in Nature\u2019s laws.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Nature is but the expression of Eternal Thought in Time. Study the outward form \u2013 grasp the Eternal Thought, and if you can read the thoughts of the Father, then indeed you know Him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Leave Me out of nothing. Love all My ways with you. Know indeed that \u201cAll is well.\u201d\u00a0 Delay is but the wonderful and all-loving restraint of your Father \u2013 not reluctance, not desire to deny \u2013 but the Divine control of a Father who can scarcely brook the delay.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Delay has to be \u2013 sometimes.\u00a0 Your lives are so linked up with those of others, so bound by circumstances that to let your desire have instant fulfillment might in many cases cause another, as earnest prayer, to go unanswered.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">But think for a moment of the Love and thoughtful care that seek to harmonize and reconcile all your desires and longings and prayers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Delay is not denial \u2013 not even withholding. It is the opportunity for God to work out your problems and accomplish your desires in the most wonderful way possible for you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Oh! children, trust Me. Remember that your Maker is also your Servant, quick to fulfill, quick to achieve, faithful in accomplishment.\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 All is well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#008000;\"><em>For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color:#008000;\"> <em> \u00a0your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.\u00a0 Isaiah 55:9<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read the lessons of Divine control in Nature\u2019s laws. Nature is but the expression of Eternal Thought in Time. Study the outward form \u2013 grasp the Eternal Thought, and if you can read the thoughts of the Father, then indeed you know Him. Leave Me out of nothing. Love all My ways with you. Know &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/?p=1961\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">May 1 &#8211; Delay Is Not Denial<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-godcalling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1961\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}