{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Guideposts Articles","provider_url":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles","author_name":"Sabra Ciancanelli","author_url":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/author\/sciancanelli_gp\/","title":"A Devotion for July 4th","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"evGoESUlz0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/daily-devotions\/holiday-devotions\/a-devotion-for-july-4th\/\">A Devotion for July 4th<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/daily-devotions\/holiday-devotions\/a-devotion-for-july-4th\/embed\/#?secret=evGoESUlz0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;A Devotion for July 4th&#8221; &#8212; Guideposts Articles\" data-secret=\"evGoESUlz0\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/articles.guideposts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/shutterstock_339555143_0-1.jpg","thumbnail_width":1540,"thumbnail_height":866,"description":"Welcome one another, therefore, as Christ has welcomed you\u2026\u2014Romans 15:7 (RSV) It was a cloudy, quiet July Fourth for us, that year of 1988. My husband worked. There were no parades. We\u2019d decided not to spend the extra money on fireworks. You can barely see them, anyway, in Alaska\u2019s summer twilight. We didn\u2019t even have [&hellip;]"}