{"id":979,"date":"2009-02-28T18:56:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-28T18:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2009\/02\/lead-us-not-into-temptation.html"},"modified":"2009-02-28T18:56:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-28T18:56:00","slug":"lead-us-not-into-temptation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2009\/02\/lead-us-not-into-temptation.html","title":{"rendered":"Lead us not into temptation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just in time for Lent, when more of us are struggling to fast and do without, someone created this:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/SanPahpynjI\/AAAAAAAAFM0\/EkwTVXExFD4\/s1600-h\/345,http---d.yimg.com-a-p-rids-20090227-i-r3344169549.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px;text-align: center;cursor: pointer;width: 233px;height: 345px\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/SanPahpynjI\/AAAAAAAAFM0\/EkwTVXExFD4\/s400\/345,http---d.yimg.com-a-p-rids-20090227-i-r3344169549.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> It&#8217;s the world&#8217;s largest Girl Scout cookie.<\/p>\n<p>The caption says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>Pastry chef Ernie Rich applies the finishing touches to the largest chocolate and vanilla girl scout cookie ever made during an event at the National Constitution center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 27, 2009. The Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania made the cookie to mark the 75th anniversary of the first commercial girl scout cookie sale which was in Philadelphia in 1934.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Give me strength.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:78%\"><b>PHOTO:<\/b>  <span style=\"font-style: italic\">by REUTERS\/Tim Shaffer-Girl Scouts\/Handout (UNITED STATES).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just in time for Lent, when more of us are struggling to fast and do without, someone created this: It&#8217;s the world&#8217;s largest Girl Scout cookie. 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