{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Richard + Elizabeth in Ecuador","provider_url":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/resantana","title":"I choose grace - Richard + Elizabeth in Ecuador","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"3DJJvQRPsl\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/resantana\/2016\/11\/24\/i-choose-grace\/\">I choose grace<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/resantana\/2016\/11\/24\/i-choose-grace\/embed\/#?secret=3DJJvQRPsl\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;I choose grace&#8221; &#8212; Richard + Elizabeth in Ecuador\" data-secret=\"3DJJvQRPsl\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/resantana\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"In the wake of the tragedies and atrocities happening to our brothers and sisters, our fellow human beings right now at Standing Rock in North Dakota, it is especially hard to partake in the federal holiday\u00a0that, although filled with good intention and works,\u00a0has roots that come from anything but that. So today, on this day, I am grateful\u00a0that I have a choice. I have the choice to choose to be informed. I have the choice to choose to extend grace. I have the choice to choose to listen. I have the choice to choose to look in-between the lines and through the angry words and find the root. The why. The choice\u00a0to not be offended and retaliate in anger and hate. The choice\u00a0to stand in solidarity. The choice to act. The choice to choose\u00a0grace. To choose love. To choose forgiveness. To choose to ask for forgiveness. To choose to forget. To choose to not forget. The choice to lament. The choice to look for beauty in ashes. The choice to\u00a0be grateful and thankful yet mindful and aware of my own privilege. I have a choice. May I make my decisions wisely, and always choose the choice of grace and love and understanding, even when others don&#8217;t. This is my prayer: Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/resantana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/132\/2016\/01\/Snapseed_4.jpg","thumbnail_width":3264,"thumbnail_height":2448}