{"id":4162,"date":"2014-09-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/father-to-the-fatherless-defender-of-widows-this-is-god-whose-dwelling-is-holy-psalm-685-nlt\/"},"modified":"2014-09-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-09-24T00:00:00","slug":"father-to-the-fatherless-defender-of-widows-this-is-god-whose-dwelling-is-holy-psalm-685-nlt","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/father-to-the-fatherless-defender-of-widows-this-is-god-whose-dwelling-is-holy-psalm-685-nlt","title":{"rendered":"\u201cFather to the fatherless, defender of widows\u2014 this is God, whose dwelling is holy\u201d (Psalm 68:5 NLT)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I often heard my mother quote this psalm in prayer after my father died. She was only 31 years old when she found herself a widow raising four children alone. She called on God to keep His promise to be a Father to her fatherless children and a Defender, a Husband, to her. I think He heard her prayers. My life and calling are a testament to them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I often heard my mother quote this psalm in prayer after my father died. She was only 31 years old when she found herself a widow raising four children alone. She called on God to keep His promise to be a Father to her fatherless children and a Defender, a Husband, to her. I think He heard her prayers. My life and calling are a testament to them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1286],"scripture-chapter":[1401],"oyb_day":[1794],"location":[],"class_list":["post-4162","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-psalms","scripture-chapter-1401","oyb_day-september-24"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/4162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4162"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=4162"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=4162"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=4162"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=4162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}