{"id":12667,"date":"2026-04-19T20:28:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T20:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/?page_id=12667"},"modified":"2026-04-19T20:38:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T20:38:40","slug":"walking-further-sunday-april-23-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/walking-further-sunday-april-23-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking Further (2) &#8211; Sunday, April 26, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Call unto Me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not &#8211; <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Jeremiah 33:3<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>What comes to mind<br \/>\nIs Andy\u2019s refusal to leave behind<br \/>\nThe man who had been<br \/>\nA loyal and trusted friend.<\/p>\n<p>So, Andy included Red,<br \/>\nUnwilling to solo instead<br \/>\nHis new chapter in life\u2014<br \/>\nUps and downs, joy and strife\u2014<br \/>\nSince it is now known<br \/>\nThat life is better not spent alone.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday\u2019s conversation opened with a pivotal scene from <em>The Shawshank Redemption<\/em> that positioned Red, a parolee, on the cusp of a turning point in his life, contained in a letter from his friend Andy. That moment and so many others remind me of God\u2019s love and the friendship He offers us. This includes not wanting us to live beneath our potential, but to experience the wonderful things that await those who choose to walk further in faith.<\/p>\n<p>Can you imagine that letter written to you from God, seeking you to \u201ccome a little further\u201d towards His plans for you? \u00a0I can for me. Hopefully, you will say yes and start walking further in faith.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Call unto Me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not &#8211; Jeremiah 33:3 What comes to mind Is Andy\u2019s refusal to leave behind The man who had been A loyal and trusted friend. So, Andy included Red, Unwilling to solo instead His new chapter in life\u2014 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/walking-further-sunday-april-23-2026\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Walking Further (2) &#8211; Sunday, April 26, 2026&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12667","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12667"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12674,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12667\/revisions\/12674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}