{"id":2202,"date":"2021-01-05T13:56:24","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T13:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingstonesministries.org\/help4families\/?p=2202"},"modified":"2026-04-14T06:20:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T06:20:41","slug":"life-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livingstonesministries.org\/help4families\/life-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Life Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-ca5ff7a6 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\"><div style=\"font-size:24px;\" class=\"has-text-align-center has-link-color adobe-reg-italic wp-elements-85a8a21107b8ee66b96e773a6aa630b7 wp-block-post-date has-text-color has-web-light-green-color\"><time datetime=\"2021-01-05T13:56:24+00:00\">January 5, 2021<\/time><\/div>\n\n<h2 style=\"color:#ffffff; font-size:45px;font-style:normal;font-weight:600;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:4px;\" class=\"has-text-align-center has-link-color proxima-font wp-elements-8489a226fd32958d683121eb2fa02d00 wp-block-post-title has-text-color\">Life Changes<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-ee9855f7 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<p class=\"adobe-reg has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-004b54e7fa94deeb4a31fb8d1553424a\" style=\"color:#1a1a1ab3;font-size:18px;letter-spacing:0px\">The mother\u2019s heart grieved as the son God had created and blessed her with walked deeper into the gay (original text is GID) lifestyle. Six long years she watched him pursue this deception and turn his back on all who loved him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"adobe-reg has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7e3488a5912adb9d10bca80b0c7c6e5e\" style=\"color:#1a1a1ab3;font-size:18px;letter-spacing:0px\">As Joseph was taken from his homeland to be sold to an Egyptian slave master, did he wonder why God wasn\u2019t helping him? Back home, his father, Jacob, grieved, believing Joseph had been killed by a wild animal. No waiting by Jacob for returning so; just life long grief. But God had a plan to save all people, and Jacob and Joseph were key players in that plan to bring Jesus into the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"adobe-reg has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-111c223fa558a7b811e7c09f0b6bf583\" style=\"color:#1a1a1ab3;font-size:18px;letter-spacing:0px\">Occasionally, the mother\u2019s son would return for a short visit, but their relationship was never the same. Each professed their love for the other before parting. The son God had so wonderfully created had been replaced by a stranger. Through her pain and grief, will she look to the Father and let Him reveal His greater purpose and plan for her life?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"adobe-reg has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8df7d62ca5fb0af134bb55ec48436fe2\" style=\"color:#1a1a1ab3;font-size:18px;letter-spacing:0px\">Scripture: \u201cHow long must I wrestle with my thoughts and every day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me?\u201d (Psalm 13:2, NIV)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"adobe-reg has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5bf3070cef791f1b8ef57c46642d5f80\" style=\"color:#1a1a1ab3;font-size:18px;letter-spacing:0px\">Prayer: Heavenly Father, it is through pain and suffering that You become real to us, and we realize it\u2019s only through Your amazing Son, Jesus, that we can see a bigger picture of Your purposes and plan for us. In our grief, help us to see and hear you clearly. In Jesus name I pray, Amen<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"uncategorized\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1609854984\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"Life Changes\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/livingstonesministries.org\/help4families\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mother\u2019s heart grieved as the son God had created and blessed her with walked deeper into the gay (original text is GID) lifestyle. Six long years she watched him pursue this deception and turn his back on all who loved him. As Joseph was taken from his homeland to be sold to an Egyptian &#8230; <a title=\"Life Changes\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/livingstonesministries.org\/help4families\/life-changes\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Life Changes\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Denise","author_link":"https:\/\/livingstonesministries.org\/help4families\/author\/denise\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The mother\u2019s heart grieved as the son God had created and blessed her with walked deeper into the gay (original text is GID) lifestyle. 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