{"id":1867,"date":"2021-04-09T17:24:59","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T07:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/?p=1867"},"modified":"2021-04-09T17:24:59","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T07:24:59","slug":"love-divine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/love-divine\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Divine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When I read the tragic story of a drunk driver that killed 4 children, I just could not hold back my tears. Especially because the words that one of the mothers spoke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> She said,&#8221;<em>You may have lost your freedom but I have lost my flesh and blood. I refuse to show anger but to show love. Love always conquers.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That statement conveys the deep hurt she suffers, and the greater the measure of the sufferings because she chose to remember yet forgive, and the undenied trust that love always conquers in the face of that suffering. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is the link to the news: https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2021-03-19\/oatlands-driver-samuel-davidson-sentence-hearing\/100017560<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My mind wonders to the conversation in heaven, when God discussed about His eternal plan of sending Jesus to die &amp; save mankind. In those conversation, the love, pain, sorrow, joy, wrapped into one. And divine love conquers all effect of sin &amp; curse. What a victory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I read the tragic story of a drunk driver that killed 4 children, I just could not hold back my tears. Especially because the words that one of the mothers spoke. She said,&#8221;You may have lost your freedom but &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/love-divine\/\">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":[20,108,44],"tags":[373,145,166,181,211,374,224,247,303,372],"class_list":["post-1867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gods-love","category-love","category-overwhelmed","tag-accident","tag-death","tag-forgiveness","tag-gods-love-2","tag-jesus","tag-justice","tag-love","tag-pain","tag-suffering","tag-tragedy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1740,"url":"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/perfect-security\/","url_meta":{"origin":1867,"position":0},"title":"Perfect Security","author":"clay","date":"June 5, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"\"... from Jesus Christ\u00a0the faithful witness,\u00a0the firstborn of the dead, and\u00a0the ruler of kings on earth. 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