{"id":964,"date":"2017-03-22T15:41:42","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T15:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/safeplacewithruthgraham\/?p=964"},"modified":"2017-03-22T15:41:42","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T15:41:42","slug":"i-made-a-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/safeplacewithruthgraham\/2017\/03\/i-made-a-mistake.html","title":{"rendered":"I Made a Mistake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, in my post, I said there were only 4 references to the finger of God. But I failed to mention the one that got me thinking about it in the first place!!<\/p>\n<p>I was reading Psalm 8 and came to verse 3, it says, &#8220;When I consider Thy heavens and the work of Thy fingers&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I stopped to think about that: &#8220;The work of Thy fingers&#8221;. The heavens &#8211; all the planets, all the galaxies &#8211; ours is just one among billions &#8211; were\u00a0fashioned by God&#8217;s own fingers! 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