{"id":1448,"date":"2018-03-16T19:54:05","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T11:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/?page_id=1448"},"modified":"2018-03-16T19:54:05","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T11:54:05","slug":"policing-others-and-i-miss-out-myself","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/interest\/illustrations\/policing-others-and-i-miss-out-myself\/","title":{"rendered":"Policing others and I miss out myself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The children find it really hard to eat their medicines.<\/p>\n<p>So I became the police to ensure they took their medicine.<\/p>\n<p>To my horror and dismay, one morning I found that I missed my dosage.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t remember how it happened. For I always make sure I ate before they ate.<\/p>\n<p>The fact, I missed out my dosage.<\/p>\n<p>Reminds me of what Paul says in 1 Cor 9:27<\/p>\n<p><sup class=\"versenum\">&#8221;\u00a0<\/sup>No, I strike a blow to my body\u00a0and make it my slave so that <strong>after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We all need to be mindful that it&#8217;s possible to focus on others so much that we lost the goods ourselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The children find it really hard to eat their medicines. So I became the police to ensure they took their medicine. To my horror and dismay, one morning I found that I missed my dosage. I can&#8217;t remember how it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/interest\/illustrations\/policing-others-and-i-miss-out-myself\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":186,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1448","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":132,"url":"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/prayers\/love-confession\/","url_meta":{"origin":1448,"position":0},"title":"Love Confession","author":"clay","date":"April 7, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Love Confession I love the LORD my God with all my heart and with all my soul and with all strength. I love my neighbors as myself. 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