{"id":10595,"date":"2012-02-23T20:19:12","date_gmt":"2012-02-24T00:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nakedpastor.com\/?p=10595"},"modified":"2012-02-23T20:19:12","modified_gmt":"2012-02-24T00:19:12","slug":"thaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/nakedpastor\/2012\/02\/thaw\/","title":{"rendered":"thaw"},"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:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/328\/2012\/02\/thaw.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10596\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/328\/2012\/02\/thaw.jpg\" alt=\"The ice thaws as spring dawns.\" width=\"500\" height=\"398\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As I look back over the past couple of years, I am amazed at how frozen my heart had become. It\u2019s strange that while you are frozen you don\u2019t know it. You are not aware of it. Then suddenly something happens, or gradually, and you notice that your heart is thawing. Once it gets to a certain point, you can actually look back and recognize your frozen state. It\u2019s a rather disturbing but liberating experience.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not fully thawed yet. So I know that a little further into warmer temperatures I\u2019m going to look back and see just how much more frozen I was than I thought.<\/p>\n<p>I am thankful for spring. I am thankful for the thaw. I am thankful for life.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Buy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/93716819\/thaw-print\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a print of my watercolor painting, \u201cThaw\u201d<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I look back over the past couple of years, I am amazed at how frozen my heart had become. 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