{"id":2832,"date":"2020-12-30T08:25:52","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T13:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/?p=2832"},"modified":"2020-12-30T08:25:53","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T13:25:53","slug":"looking-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/?p=2832","title":{"rendered":"Looking Up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yesterday was a nice day, especially for December.  The temperature was above normal and the Sun was shining bright, so I stretched out my hammock in the back yard and enjoyed a rare December day, relaxing on the hearth of God&#8217;s bright, enormous fireplace.  While listening to the birds singing joyful thanks to the Creator for such a beautiful day, I looked up at the trees that were holding my hammock.  I realized that the same trees that provided shade from the Sun in the Summer were now clear of leaves so that the Sun could shine through and warm the Winter ground below.  What a marvelous design.  And believe it or not, while laying there in the hammock, I actually got to talk with the Designer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_20201229_150343449_HDR-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2834\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_20201229_150343449_HDR-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=2834\" class=\"wp-image-2834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_20201229_150343449_HDR-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_20201229_150343449_HDR-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_20201229_150343449_HDR-84x150.jpg 84w, https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_20201229_150343449_HDR-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_20201229_150343449_HDR-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_20201229_150343449_HDR-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_20201229_150411721_HDR-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2835\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_20201229_150411721_HDR-1-rotated.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=2835\" class=\"wp-image-2835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_20201229_150411721_HDR-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_20201229_150411721_HDR-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_20201229_150411721_HDR-1-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_20201229_150411721_HDR-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_20201229_150411721_HDR-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_20201229_150411721_HDR-1-rotated.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_20201229_150427433_HDR-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2836\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_20201229_150427433_HDR-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=2836\" class=\"wp-image-2836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_20201229_150427433_HDR-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_20201229_150427433_HDR-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_20201229_150427433_HDR-84x150.jpg 84w, https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_20201229_150427433_HDR-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_20201229_150427433_HDR-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_20201229_150427433_HDR-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">The view from my hammock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday was a nice day, especially for December. The temperature was above normal and the Sun was shining bright, so I stretched out my hammock in the back yard and enjoyed a rare December day, relaxing on the hearth of God&#8217;s bright, enormous fireplace. 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