{"id":3394,"date":"2023-09-30T17:32:25","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T22:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/discipleallnations.org\/members\/?p=3394"},"modified":"2023-09-30T17:32:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T22:32:25","slug":"have-a-good-special-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/discipleallnations.org\/members\/2023\/09\/have-a-good-special-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Have a Good Special Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv6339586445p2\" style=\"margin: 0in; background: white; outline: none !important; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 24px;\"><span style=\"outline: none !important;\"><span class=\"yiv6339586445s1\"><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\">It seems like every day is a special day to celebrate something or someone.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"yiv6339586445apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"yiv6339586445s1\"><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\">Last week I noticed a lot of happy wishes on social media for National Daughter Day and then for National Son Day.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"yiv6339586445apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"yiv6339586445s1\"><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\">I was unaware of either day prior to last week.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"yiv6339586445apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"yiv6339586445s1\"><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\">One of my favorite social media posts was shared by several friends in several different ways on National Son Day.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"yiv6339586445apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"yiv6339586445s1\"><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\">Paraphrased, it said, \u201cmy parents forgot that today was National Son Day and also forgot who determines which Nursing Home they get to live in later in life.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"yiv6339586445apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"yiv6339586445s1\"><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\">I\u2019m not sure where these national observances were created but I suspect Hallmark Cards had something to do with them.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"yiv6339586445apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"yiv6339586445s1\"><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\">Then, as I wrote this issue of \u201cMorning Manna\u201d I noticed that the day was National Coffee Day to be followed by International Coffee Day. Hands down, I vote for Tim Hortons Coffee, preferably consumed in a coffee shop in Vancouver, Canada while eating a Canadian Maple Donut.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"yiv6339586445apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"yiv6339586445s1\"><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\">It just seems like where you are has a lot to do with how well you enjoy the day.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"yiv6339586445apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"yiv6339586445s1\"><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\">However, my all time favorite day is, \u201c<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"outline: none !important;\"><span class=\"yiv6339586445s2\"><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\">This<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"outline: none !important;\"><span class=\"yiv6339586445s1\"><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"outline: none !important;\"><span class=\"yiv6339586445s2\"><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\">is the<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"outline: none !important;\"><span class=\"yiv6339586445s1\"><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"outline: none !important;\"><span class=\"yiv6339586445s2\"><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\">day<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"outline: none !important;\"><span class=\"yiv6339586445s1\"><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"outline: none !important;\"><span class=\"yiv6339586445s2\"><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\">the<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"outline: none !important;\"><span class=\"yiv6339586445s1\"><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"outline: none !important;\"><span class=\"yiv6339586445s2\"><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\">Lord<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"outline: none !important;\"><span class=\"yiv6339586445s1\"><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"outline: none !important;\"><span class=\"yiv6339586445s2\"><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\">has<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"outline: none !important;\"><span class=\"yiv6339586445s1\"><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"outline: none !important;\"><span class=\"yiv6339586445s2\"><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\">made<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"outline: none !important;\"><span class=\"yiv6339586445s1\"><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\">; We will rejoice and be glad in it\u201d (Psalm 118:24). So, have a good day . . . Whatever you are celebrating today.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6339586445p1\" style=\"margin: 0in; background: white;\"><span class=\"yiv6339586445s1\"><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6339586445p1\" style=\"margin: 0in; background: white;\"><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems like every day is a special day to celebrate something or someone.\u00a0\u00a0Last week I noticed a lot of happy wishes on social media for National Daughter Day and then for National Son Day.\u00a0\u00a0I was unaware of either day prior to last week.\u00a0\u00a0One of my favorite social media posts was shared by several friends&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-monday-morning-manna"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/discipleallnations.org\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/discipleallnations.org\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/discipleallnations.org\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discipleallnations.org\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discipleallnations.org\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3394"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/discipleallnations.org\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3395,"href":"https:\/\/discipleallnations.org\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3394\/revisions\/3395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/discipleallnations.org\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discipleallnations.org\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discipleallnations.org\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}