{"id":277,"date":"2014-06-20T09:08:36","date_gmt":"2014-06-20T13:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amyandpatrickfata.com\/amysmic\/?p=277"},"modified":"2019-10-14T10:33:41","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T14:33:41","slug":"chocolate-cake-vs-the-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/amyandpatrickfata.com\/amyspen\/?p=277","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Cake vs. The Word"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Paul tells us the Word of Christ is to <strong>\u201crichly dwell within us\u201d (Colossians 3:16).<\/strong> As a lyricist and a lover of words, there are certain words I enjoy. <em>Richly<\/em> is one of them. Here, in Colossians 3, it means abundantly. Doesn\u2019t <em>richly<\/em> also sound fulfilling? I imagine a piece of dark chocolate cake, rich and satisfying!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To <em>dwell<\/em> means to influence one for good. We could also think of it as to be at home. Christ\u2019s Word should reside in us, His followers. We should be a home-place where His Truth naturally dwells, making no room for the world or its passions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some people might have a passion for dark chocolate cake. Their mouths will water when it\u2019s finally placed in front of them, their forks in hand. We know the Word is our nourishment, but developing a passion for it is a daily and life-long pursuit. When we taste it and see its results (Psalm 34:8), our hearts and minds will be thriving in its wisdom and our passion for it will grow. Our waistlines won\u2019t suffer either!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>\u201cOur soul prospers when the word dwells richly.\u201d<\/em> Matthew Henry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul tells us the Word of Christ is to \u201crichly dwell within us\u201d (Colossians 3:16). As a lyricist and a lover of words, there are certain words I enjoy. Richly is one of them. Here, in Colossians 3, it means abundantly. Doesn\u2019t richly also sound fulfilling? I imagine a piece of dark chocolate cake, rich &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amyandpatrickfata.com\/amyspen\/?p=277\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Chocolate Cake vs. The Word&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/amyandpatrickfata.com\/amyspen\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/amyandpatrickfata.com\/amyspen\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/amyandpatrickfata.com\/amyspen\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amyandpatrickfata.com\/amyspen\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amyandpatrickfata.com\/amyspen\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=277"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/amyandpatrickfata.com\/amyspen\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":889,"href":"http:\/\/amyandpatrickfata.com\/amyspen\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277\/revisions\/889"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amyandpatrickfata.com\/amyspen\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/amyandpatrickfata.com\/amyspen\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amyandpatrickfata.com\/amyspen\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amyandpatrickfata.com\/amyspen\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}