{"id":5736,"date":"2025-03-21T02:31:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T07:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/?p=5736"},"modified":"2025-03-19T21:57:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T02:57:05","slug":"a-call-to-live-wisely-calvin-varghese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/2025\/03\/21\/a-call-to-live-wisely-calvin-varghese\/","title":{"rendered":"A Call to Live Wisely (Calvin Varghese)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Ephesians 5:15-16<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As we go through life, it is easy to be distracted and lose focus on what truly matters. Lent offers us an opportunity to pause and reflect on how we are using our time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are we using it wisely and investing in our relationship with God or are we allowing the distractions of life to lead us off course? The call here is not to be lazy or careless with our lives. It\u2019s to recognize the value of each moment and live in a way that reflects God\u2019s wisdom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>CLOSING PRAYER<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dear God, thank You for the gift of this day and for the opportunity to reflect on how we are using our time. Help us to live with wisdom and purpose, making every moment count for Your kingdom. During this season of Lent, open our eyes to the opportunities around us to grow in our faith and to serve others. May we not waste time on things that do not matter but use each opportunity to draw closer to You. In Jesus\u2019 name we pray, Amen.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ephesians 5:15-16 As we go through life, it is easy to be distracted and lose focus on what truly matters. Lent offers us an opportunity to pause and reflect on&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lent-reflections"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/images-1.jpg?fit=213%2C237&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5736"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5738,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5736\/revisions\/5738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}