{"id":6332,"date":"2020-05-26T15:40:14","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T14:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=6332"},"modified":"2020-05-26T15:40:14","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T14:40:14","slug":"using-covid19-time-being-thankful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2020\/05\/26\/using-covid19-time-being-thankful\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Covid19 time being thankful"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/05\/blog-masks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6308\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/05\/blog-masks.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"392\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/05\/blog-masks.jpg 392w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/05\/blog-masks-261x300.jpg 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is cool to be able to use lockdown time constructively.\u00a0 Making masks, helping our granddaughters with their patchwork quilts, and just being a part of our grandkids and kids&#8217; lives is an amazing gift.\u00a0 I am thankful to have extra time to just be still and know that the Lord has our lives and our futures in his hands.<\/p>\n<p>On the light side, a friend posted this and I couldn&#8217;t help but pass it on:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/05\/blog-book-title-covid-story.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6322\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/05\/blog-book-title-covid-story.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"812\" height=\"822\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/05\/blog-book-title-covid-story.png 812w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/05\/blog-book-title-covid-story-296x300.png 296w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/05\/blog-book-title-covid-story-768x777.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 812px) 100vw, 812px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=6332&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is cool to be able to use lockdown time constructively.\u00a0 Making masks, helping our granddaughters with their patchwork quilts, and just being a part of our grandkids and kids&#8217; lives is an amazing gift.\u00a0 I am thankful to have &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2020\/05\/26\/using-covid19-time-being-thankful\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2728],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thoughtsmusingsideas"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Using Covid19 time being thankful - Danforths&#039; Days<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2020\/05\/26\/using-covid19-time-being-thankful\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Using Covid19 time being thankful - Danforths&#039; 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