{"id":15499,"date":"2024-07-29T19:18:18","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T17:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/?page_id=15499"},"modified":"2024-07-29T19:18:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T17:18:18","slug":"theme-for-april-2024-plant","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/theme-for-april-2024-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Theme for April 2024: Plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type='text\/css' media='all'>#rt-tpg-container-1577727025 .rt-holder .rt-woo-info .price{color:#0367bf;}body .rt-tpg-container .rt-tpg-isotope-buttons .selected,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1577727025 .layout12 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1577727025 .isotope8 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1577727025 .carousel8 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1577727025 .layout13 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1577727025 .isotope9 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1577727025.rt-tpg-container .layout4 .rt-holder .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-modal-1577727025 .md-content,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-modal-1577727025 .md-content > .rt-md-content-holder .rt-md-content,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-popup-wrap-1577727025.rt-popup-wrap .rt-popup-navigation-wrap,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1577727025 .carousel9 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info{background-color:#0367bf;}#rt-tpg-container-1577727025 .layout5 .rt-holder .overlay, #rt-tpg-container-1577727025 .isotope2 .rt-holder .overlay, #rt-tpg-container-1577727025 .carousel2 .rt-holder .overlay,#rt-tpg-container-1577727025 .layout15 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-1577727025 .isotope11 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-1577727025 .carousel11 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-1577727025 .layout16 .rt-holder h3,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1577727025 .isotope12 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-1577727025 .carousel12 .rt-holder h3 {background-color:rgba(3,103,191,0.8);}#rt-tpg-container-1577727025 .read-more a{border-radius:px;}#rt-tpg-container-1577727025 .rt-img-holder img.rt-img-responsive,#rt-tpg-container-1577727025 .rt-img-holder,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1577727025 .rt-post-overlay .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1577727025 .post-sm .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1577727025 .rt-post-grid .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1577727025 .post-img img {border-radius:px;}<\/style><div class='rt-container-fluid rt-tpg-container tpg-shortcode-main-wrapper ' id='rt-tpg-container-1577727025'   data-layout='layout1' data-grid-style='even' data-desktop-col='2'  data-tab-col='2'  data-mobile-col='1' data-sc-id='15491'><div data-title='Loading ...' class='rt-row rt-content-loader   layout1 tpg-even '><div class=\"rt-col-md-6 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12 even-grid-item rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"15164\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"15164\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2024\/04\/05\/plant-us-root-us-grow-us\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rt-img-responsive \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/trees_from_speeding_train.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Plant us, root us, grow us\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rt-detail\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"15164\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2024\/04\/05\/plant-us-root-us-grow-us\/\">Plant us, root us, grow us<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">&nbsp; As we approach another Pentecost, I commend to you The Gift booklet, a resource that grew out of a 12-part series on the ministry of the Holy Spirit that I posted in 2017. &nbsp; A prayer You who led Israel through the waters, plant us by streams of living water. Root us in your &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2024\/04\/05\/plant-us-root-us-grow-us\/\">Continue reading \"Plant us, root us, grow us\"<\/a>...<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rt-col-md-6 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12 even-grid-item rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"15187\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"15187\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2024\/04\/11\/pots-and-plants\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rt-img-responsive \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/geraniums_in_my_kitchen.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Pots and plants\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rt-detail\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"15187\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2024\/04\/11\/pots-and-plants\/\">Pots and plants<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">Geraniums in my kitchen garden &nbsp; A meditation How hard it is to know when the pot is too small for the plant. Some plants need to be contained, held very close. Others cannot be crowded. I don&#8217;t know when I myself am too pot-bound, lacking courage to be replanted, to take the shock of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2024\/04\/11\/pots-and-plants\/\">Continue reading \"Pots and plants\"<\/a>...<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rt-col-md-6 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12 even-grid-item rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"15205\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"15205\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2024\/04\/20\/planted-together\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rt-img-responsive \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/tulips_den_haag.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Planted together\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rt-detail\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"15205\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2024\/04\/20\/planted-together\/\">Planted together<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">&nbsp; Prayer of Confession (based on Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43) Merciful God, you plant each of us like seeds in the same field and together we are nourished and nurtured by the sun. We sway in the wind and are refreshed by the rain. We are blessed by the knowledge that you want us to grow &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2024\/04\/20\/planted-together\/\">Continue reading \"Planted together\"<\/a>...<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rt-col-md-6 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12 even-grid-item rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"15213\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"15213\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2024\/04\/29\/love-planting\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rt-img-responsive \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/garden_barendrecht.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Love planting\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rt-detail\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"15213\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2024\/04\/29\/love-planting\/\">Love planting<\/a><\/h3><div 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