{"id":41132,"date":"2008-11-04T21:05:46","date_gmt":"2008-11-05T05:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lookingcloser.wordpress.com\/?p=5090"},"modified":"2013-03-20T12:39:28","modified_gmt":"2013-03-20T18:39:28","slug":"i-am-so-grateful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2008\/11\/i-am-so-grateful\/","title":{"rendered":"I am so grateful&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>\u2026<br>\nthat I live in a democratic country;<br>\nand that my HOPE is placed in the right man:<br>\na leader with no term limits;<br>\nwho loves everyone equally (red, blue, rich, poor, white, black, born, unborn);<br>\nwho even loves his enemies\u2026 so much that he forbids mocking them or laughing at their folly;<br>\nwho will prove himself faithful and true on every single promise;<br>\nwho shows me grace in spite of my blindspots and pride;<br>\nand who will<br>\nnever<br>\never<br>\nmake a concession speech.<\/p>\n<p>And now, let\u2019s get back to doing justice, to loving mercy, and to walking humbly with our God.<\/p>\n<p>God bless America.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2026 that I live in a democratic country; 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