{"id":1540,"date":"2018-07-05T12:03:48","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T04:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/?p=1540"},"modified":"2018-07-05T12:03:48","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T04:03:48","slug":"in-memory-of-a-sister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/in-memory-of-a-sister\/","title":{"rendered":"In memory of a sister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2 weeks ago, I received the news that a dear sister in Christ was called Home. The night before, I prayed with my wife if God will heal her, let him do it, otherwise, let him bring her back.<\/p>\n<p>And thought of it saddened me. Yet at the same time, there&#8217;s joy in my heart that she&#8217;s gone to a better place, free from her suffering. And God knows what&#8217;s best.<\/p>\n<p>I was reminded also that it was on the same date, 17 years ago my dad went home with the Lord. It still saddened me. But I remember the bible verse given to me on that occasion, that death brings out new life (John 12:24).<\/p>\n<p>For this dear sister, I remembered something she shared to me, and I pray it will bring out new life<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 weeks ago, I received the news that a dear sister in Christ was called Home. The night before, I prayed with my wife if God will heal her, let him do it, otherwise, let him bring her back. And &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/in-memory-of-a-sister\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[93,30],"tags":[144,145,168,214,227],"class_list":["post-1540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comforted","category-john","tag-dealing-with-illness","tag-death","tag-friendship","tag-joy","tag-memories"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1556,"url":"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/gods-heart-for-the-lost\/","url_meta":{"origin":1540,"position":0},"title":"God&#8217;s Heart for The Lost","author":"clay","date":"October 18, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"This morning, I was reminded of the Bible story I read for my girls last night. 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