{"id":1203,"date":"2011-05-21T10:46:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-21T14:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/?p=1203"},"modified":"2011-05-21T10:46:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-21T14:46:00","slug":"were-still-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2011\/05\/were-still-here.html","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;re Still Here"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The world didn&#8217;t end.\u00a0 We are still here.\u00a0 Thank God.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m grateful for the beautiful day.\u00a0 The flowers are in bloom and so are the spring flowering trees.\u00a0 The air is so clean and pure after days of spring showers.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a bird&#8217;s nest on our front door hanging light, with baby birds in it.\u00a0 I&#8217;m thankful for that.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t have my end of the world party, or apocalypse breakfast.\u00a0 But I loved the nitrate-free bacon and eggs sunnyside up with my wife.\u00a0 I even was grateful for the time to be domestic this morning, doing a load of clothes and dishes.\u00a0 Sweeping the floor.<\/p>\n<p>God, thank you for the living life you&#8217;ve given me again today.<\/p>\n<p>God, thank you for my loved ones and family.<\/p>\n<p>God thank you for mundane household chores, and a house to do them in.<\/p>\n<p>God, thanks for a world without end, forever and ever.<\/p>\n<p>In Jesus&#8217; name.<\/p>\n<p>Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world didn&#8217;t end.\u00a0 We are still here.\u00a0 Thank God. 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