{"id":4238,"date":"2017-01-30T13:36:45","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T12:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=4238"},"modified":"2017-01-30T15:44:34","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T14:44:34","slug":"blessing-the-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/01\/30\/blessing-the-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"Blessing the foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Four guys and four girls, and a passel of dogs LOL, joined together to pray over the foundation of the house our son Sam is building for us. \u00a0The four guys anointed the four corners and we all tucked verses of blessing and hope into the cement bricks. \u00a0These cement bricks are now covered by a lovely smooth cement slab. \u00a0May God bless our house with joy and his presence!<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/01\/blog-blessing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4248\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/01\/blog-blessing.jpg\" alt=\"blog blessing\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/01\/blog-blessing.jpg 450w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/01\/blog-blessing-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Four guys, two huge smiles from Gary and Sawyer, and Sam wondering what on earth his dad is thinking??<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/01\/blog-blessing-guys.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4247\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/01\/blog-blessing-guys.jpg\" alt=\"blog blessing guys\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/01\/blog-blessing-guys.jpg 450w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/01\/blog-blessing-guys-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Four big smiles and one second later Tiggy the Jack Russel cleaned my front teeth with her tongue! \u00a0See her looking, getting ready to be a doggy toothbrush??? 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