{"id":208,"date":"2009-01-27T09:16:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-27T15:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.loveisanorientation.com\/2009\/the-best-advice-i-have-ever-been-given-2\/"},"modified":"2012-12-17T21:23:35","modified_gmt":"2012-12-18T03:23:35","slug":"the-best-advice-i-have-ever-been-given-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/loveisanorientation\/2009\/01\/the-best-advice-i-have-ever-been-given-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Advice I Have Ever Been Given"},"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><a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_ukRDP70A8BU\/SX8zh6k0RKI\/AAAAAAAAAG0\/TnjccGzIQN0\/s1600-h\/Kidney.gif\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_ukRDP70A8BU\/SX8zh6k0RKI\/AAAAAAAAAG0\/TnjccGzIQN0\/s320\/Kidney.gif\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div>I love reading interviews, especially when the person being interviewed is asked, \u201cWhat is the best advice you\u2019ve ever been given?\u201d because I\u2019m fascinated by the words that stick with a person for a lifetime. Unfortunately for me, I\u2019ve never been able to answer that question because no clever words of wisdom have ever really indwelt themselves within me (except of course for certain Scripture, but that was not told to me\u2014I read it).\n<p>That is until today my friends!!!<\/p>\n<p>I was talking on the phone with my Dad this morning, and he gave me the following advice:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cHaters are like kidneys\u2014it\u2019s all about filtering through the junk to release the good.\u201d<br><\/strong><\/em><br>Let us all then be like kidneys:<\/p>\n<p>Filtering through the haters, doubters, naysayers and skeptics by continuing to pursue the miraculous works that our Holy Father has placed upon our lives\u2014a vision that is only grand enough for the Lord Himself to believe in. <em>\u201cThis day is sacred to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.\u201d Nehemiah 8:10b<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Much love.<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.themarinfoundation.org\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.themarinfoundation.org\/<\/a> <\/p><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love reading interviews, especially when the person being interviewed is asked, \u201cWhat is the best advice you\u2019ve ever been given?\u201d because I\u2019m fascinated by the words that stick with a person for a lifetime. 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