{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Serve Globally Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally","title":"God Makes All Things New - Serve Globally Blog","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"uXMzByp5vV\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/2014\/02\/14\/god-makes-all-things-new\/\">God Makes All Things New<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/2014\/02\/14\/god-makes-all-things-new\/embed\/#?secret=uXMzByp5vV\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;God Makes All Things New&#8221; &#8212; Serve Globally Blog\" data-secret=\"uXMzByp5vV\" 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\/serveglobally\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"This post was taken from Covenant missionaries serving in Asia sent on Feb. 4, 2014 Today marks the fifth day of the Lunar New Year festival where we are.\u00a0 There was an increased level of firecracker noise today, so we looked up this particular day of the festival on Wikipedia to find this:\u00a0 &#8220;This day is the god of wealth&#8217;s birthday&#8230; it is\u00a0common that on the 5th day people will shoot off firecrackers to get his attention, thus ensuring his favor and good fortune for the new year.&#8221; So all day we have heard the locals summoning the god of wealth, since about\u00a06am\u00a0and even now, every few minutes, and the ground outside has been covered in red from all the wrappers of the spent fireworks.\u00a0 Everywhere we went today we had a reminder that the people were evoking this god to bring them wealth&#8230; cultural tradition, maybe, but still a bit unsettling. \u00a0 Then tonight we were out to dinner and when we came out of the restaurant, there was nearly an inch and a half of snow covering the ground.\u00a0 The red reminders of peoples longing for wealth and prosperity were covered by a pure blanket of snow.\u00a0 Isaiah [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2014\/02\/013114.newyearsfireworks-10-300x225.jpg"}