{"id":240,"date":"2006-08-16T01:16:10","date_gmt":"2006-08-16T06:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=240"},"modified":"2017-04-17T22:09:29","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T02:09:29","slug":"240","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/240\/","title":{"rendered":"The Calm&#8230;","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px;\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-images\/Dark_Moon_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\"><em>Fork Lake, Alberta; August, 2006<\/em><\/font><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><br \/>  <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>LET<\/strong> us not be lulled asleep by a false sense of peace and comfort.&nbsp; The past few weeks, the words continue to ring in my heart:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>The calm before the storm&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I sense an urgency once again to keep my heart right with God at all times. Or as one person shared a &quot;word&quot; with me this week, <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Quick&#8212;circumcise your hearts!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Indeed, this is the time to cut away the desires of the flesh which are at war with the Spirit. Frequent <em>Confession<\/em> and the <em>Eucharist<\/em> are like two blades of a pair of spiritual scissors. <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><font size=\"2\" face=\"Courier\"> Behold, the hour is coming and has arrived when each of you will be scattered&#8230; In the world you will have trouble, but take courage, I have conquered the world.<\/font><font size=\"2\"> <em>(John 16:33)<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p><font size=\"2\" face=\"Courier\">Put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.<\/font><font size=\"2\"><em> (Rom 13:14)<br \/>  <\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Fork Lake, Alberta; August, 2006 LET us not be lulled asleep by a false sense of peace and comfort.&nbsp; The past few weeks, the words continue to ring in my heart: The calm before the storm&#8230; I sense an urgency once again to keep my heart right with God at all times. 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