{"id":23191,"date":"2026-03-11T14:21:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T14:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/uncategorized\/learning-to-wait-on-gods-perfect-timing\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T06:15:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:15:48","slug":"learning-to-wait-on-gods-perfect-timing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/learning-to-wait-on-gods-perfect-timing\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning to Wait on God&#8217;s Perfect Timing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.428571429\">\u201cI can\u2019t believe you got another one!\u201d I said, as I watched my husband skillfully reel in another largemouth bass. \u201cWhat is that, 19 or 20 fish for you?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d he said, throwing the bass back into the lake. \u201cI\u2019m not keeping track.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maybe he wasn\u2019t, but I certainly was. Jeff had caught 19 fish that day, and I\u2019d caught nada, nothing, zilch, zippo, zero. (Unless you count the giant lily pad I had hooked earlier in the day.)<\/p>\n<p>It was the worst day of fishing I\u2019d ever had!<\/p>\n<p>Now, Jeff is quite an accomplished angler. He could catch a fish in the worst conditions, so I\u2019ve learned that if I observe him and do exactly as he does, I will catch fish. It ALWAYS works.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"558\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-42989\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/blog_MissyFish_350.jpg\" style=\"width: 350px;height: 558px;margin-left: 15px;margin-right: 15px;float: right\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/blog_MissyFish_350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/blog_MissyFish_350-340x542.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>\u200bUntil last Saturday\u2026<\/p>\n<p>I was using the same bait as his, casting the same places he cast, wiggling my line when he wiggled his line, and yet the fish seemed to jump onto his hook and shun mine.<\/p>\n<p>It just didn\u2019t make any sense.<\/p>\n<p>It had been a long, hot, sweaty, non-fish-catching kind of day for me, and I was tired.<\/p>\n<p>The sun had already gone down by this point, and the night sky was quickly upon us. As Jeff put away his fishing pole and cleaned up the boat, I continued casting.<\/p>\n<p>I so wanted to catch a fish.<\/p>\n<p>Then, just as I was about to give up, I felt a tug on my line.<\/p>\n<p>It was a big tug!<\/p>\n<p>I had a fish!<\/p>\n<p>I quickly set the hook and began bringing in that fish.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s it!\u201d Jeff encouraged. \u201cHe\u2019s a nice one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yes, he was.<\/p>\n<p>He wasn\u2019t a monster, but he was the biggest fish of the day, and I had caught him!<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on my catch as we drove home that night, I couldn\u2019t help but think about the day\u2019s events. I had fished my heart out, following Jeff\u2019s example all day, and yet I hadn\u2019t even had a nibble on my line until the very end.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s just how it goes sometimes\u2014on and off the lake.<\/p>\n<p>I learned several important truths that afternoon. First, you have to celebrate with others when they have victories in life while you wait for your breakthrough to manifest.<\/p>\n<p>Second, you can be doing everything right and still not have the results you desire exactly when you desire them, because everything happens in God\u2019s timing. And, when God brings it to pass, it\u2019s so worth the wait.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/guideposts.org\/blog\/wheres-your-focus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><i>READ MORE: WHERE\u2019S YOUR FOCUS?<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And, third, it\u2019s important to enjoy the journey on the way to where you\u2019re going. Though catching the fish was amazing, spending the day on the lake with my handsome hubby was equally wonderful. Oh, and fourth, Jeff is the most patient man in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Pray this with me:<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\"><em>Lord, help me to keep a good attitude and celebrate with others when they triumph. And, Father help me to trust You even when it looks like nothing is working in my life. Help me to not give up before I see the victory. <\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\"><em>And, lastly, Lord help me to live in the moment and enjoy the little things in life. Help me not to be so goal oriented or competitive that I miss out on the blessings all around me. I love You, Lord. In the Mighty Name of Your Son, Jesus, Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI can\u2019t believe you got another one!\u201d I said, as I watched my husband skillfully reel in another largemouth bass. \u201cWhat is that, 19 or 20 fish for you?\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d he said, throwing the bass back into the lake. \u201cI\u2019m not keeping track.\u201d Maybe he wasn\u2019t, but I certainly was. Jeff had caught [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":117,"featured_media":30234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[136],"tags":[14,80],"ppma_author":[487],"class_list":["post-23191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-positive-living","tag-spiritual-growth","tag-stories-of-hope"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Learning to Wait on God&#8217;s Perfect Timing - Guideposts Articles<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Learning to Wait on God&#8217;s Perfect Timing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cI can\u2019t believe you got another one!\u201d I said, as I watched my husband skillfully reel in another largemouth bass. \u201cWhat is that, 19 or 20 fish for you?\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d he said, throwing the bass back into the lake. \u201cI\u2019m not keeping track.\u201d Maybe he wasn\u2019t, but I certainly was. Jeff had caught [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/learning-to-wait-on-gods-perfect-timing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Guideposts Articles\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-11T14:21:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-10T06:15:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/articles.guideposts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/waiting_on_the_lord-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"550\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michelle Medlock Adams\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/positive-living\\\/learning-to-wait-on-gods-perfect-timing\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/positive-living\\\/learning-to-wait-on-gods-perfect-timing\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michelle Medlock Adams\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bbd0492a9c4e3fd6040fe1c7fd1b4587\"},\"headline\":\"Learning to Wait on God&#8217;s Perfect Timing\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-11T14:21:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-10T06:15:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/positive-living\\\/learning-to-wait-on-gods-perfect-timing\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":590,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/positive-living\\\/learning-to-wait-on-gods-perfect-timing\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/waiting_on_the_lord-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Spiritual Growth\",\"Stories of Hope\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Positive Living\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/positive-living\\\/learning-to-wait-on-gods-perfect-timing\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/positive-living\\\/learning-to-wait-on-gods-perfect-timing\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/positive-living\\\/learning-to-wait-on-gods-perfect-timing\\\/\",\"name\":\"Learning to Wait on God&#8217;s Perfect Timing - Guideposts Articles\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/positive-living\\\/learning-to-wait-on-gods-perfect-timing\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/positive-living\\\/learning-to-wait-on-gods-perfect-timing\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/waiting_on_the_lord-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-11T14:21:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-10T06:15:48+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/positive-living\\\/learning-to-wait-on-gods-perfect-timing\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/positive-living\\\/learning-to-wait-on-gods-perfect-timing\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/positive-living\\\/learning-to-wait-on-gods-perfect-timing\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/waiting_on_the_lord-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/waiting_on_the_lord-1.jpg\",\"width\":900,\"height\":550},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/positive-living\\\/learning-to-wait-on-gods-perfect-timing\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Positive Living\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/positive-living\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Learning to Wait on God&#8217;s Perfect Timing\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/\",\"name\":\"Guideposts Articles\",\"description\":\"Strengthening Faith. Providing Hope.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Guideposts Articles\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/gp-logo-white.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/gp-logo-white.svg\",\"caption\":\"Guideposts Articles\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bbd0492a9c4e3fd6040fe1c7fd1b4587\",\"name\":\"Michelle Medlock Adams\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4f69c86339ce53dbf8280927bfc223d33b147254ad4f5d464b51895db159aed6?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fgpbookstore.org%2Farticles%2Fwp-content%2Fthemes%2Fguideposts%2Fassets%2Fimages%2Fdefault-avatar.png&r=gc9699e41e448b067594e78e73937d2ad\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4f69c86339ce53dbf8280927bfc223d33b147254ad4f5d464b51895db159aed6?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fgpbookstore.org%2Farticles%2Fwp-content%2Fthemes%2Fguideposts%2Fassets%2Fimages%2Fdefault-avatar.png&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4f69c86339ce53dbf8280927bfc223d33b147254ad4f5d464b51895db159aed6?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fgpbookstore.org%2Farticles%2Fwp-content%2Fthemes%2Fguideposts%2Fassets%2Fimages%2Fdefault-avatar.png&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Michelle Medlock Adams\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/author\\\/michelleadams\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Learning to Wait on God&#8217;s Perfect Timing - Guideposts Articles","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Learning to Wait on God&#8217;s Perfect Timing","og_description":"\u201cI can\u2019t believe you got another one!\u201d I said, as I watched my husband skillfully reel in another largemouth bass. \u201cWhat is that, 19 or 20 fish for you?\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d he said, throwing the bass back into the lake. \u201cI\u2019m not keeping track.\u201d Maybe he wasn\u2019t, but I certainly was. Jeff had caught [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/learning-to-wait-on-gods-perfect-timing\/","og_site_name":"Guideposts Articles","article_published_time":"2026-03-11T14:21:15+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-04-10T06:15:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":900,"height":550,"url":"https:\/\/articles.guideposts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/waiting_on_the_lord-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Michelle Medlock Adams","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/learning-to-wait-on-gods-perfect-timing\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/learning-to-wait-on-gods-perfect-timing\/"},"author":{"name":"Michelle Medlock Adams","@id":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/#\/schema\/person\/bbd0492a9c4e3fd6040fe1c7fd1b4587"},"headline":"Learning to Wait on God&#8217;s Perfect Timing","datePublished":"2026-03-11T14:21:15+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-10T06:15:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/learning-to-wait-on-gods-perfect-timing\/"},"wordCount":590,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/learning-to-wait-on-gods-perfect-timing\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/waiting_on_the_lord-1.jpg","keywords":["Spiritual Growth","Stories of Hope"],"articleSection":["Positive Living"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/learning-to-wait-on-gods-perfect-timing\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/learning-to-wait-on-gods-perfect-timing\/","url":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/learning-to-wait-on-gods-perfect-timing\/","name":"Learning to Wait on God&#8217;s Perfect Timing - Guideposts Articles","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/learning-to-wait-on-gods-perfect-timing\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/learning-to-wait-on-gods-perfect-timing\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/waiting_on_the_lord-1.jpg","datePublished":"2026-03-11T14:21:15+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-10T06:15:48+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/learning-to-wait-on-gods-perfect-timing\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/learning-to-wait-on-gods-perfect-timing\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/learning-to-wait-on-gods-perfect-timing\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/waiting_on_the_lord-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/waiting_on_the_lord-1.jpg","width":900,"height":550},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/learning-to-wait-on-gods-perfect-timing\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Positive Living","item":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Learning to Wait on God&#8217;s Perfect Timing"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/#website","url":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/","name":"Guideposts Articles","description":"Strengthening Faith. Providing Hope.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/#organization","name":"Guideposts Articles","url":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/gp-logo-white.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/gp-logo-white.svg","caption":"Guideposts Articles"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/#\/schema\/person\/bbd0492a9c4e3fd6040fe1c7fd1b4587","name":"Michelle Medlock Adams","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4f69c86339ce53dbf8280927bfc223d33b147254ad4f5d464b51895db159aed6?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fgpbookstore.org%2Farticles%2Fwp-content%2Fthemes%2Fguideposts%2Fassets%2Fimages%2Fdefault-avatar.png&r=gc9699e41e448b067594e78e73937d2ad","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4f69c86339ce53dbf8280927bfc223d33b147254ad4f5d464b51895db159aed6?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fgpbookstore.org%2Farticles%2Fwp-content%2Fthemes%2Fguideposts%2Fassets%2Fimages%2Fdefault-avatar.png&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4f69c86339ce53dbf8280927bfc223d33b147254ad4f5d464b51895db159aed6?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fgpbookstore.org%2Farticles%2Fwp-content%2Fthemes%2Fguideposts%2Fassets%2Fimages%2Fdefault-avatar.png&r=g","caption":"Michelle Medlock Adams"},"url":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/author\/michelleadams\/"}]}},"authors":[{"term_id":487,"user_id":117,"is_guest":0,"slug":"michelleadams","display_name":"Michelle Medlock Adams","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fgpbookstore.org%2Farticles%2Fwp-content%2Fthemes%2Fguideposts%2Fassets%2Fimages%2Fdefault-avatar.png&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/117"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23191"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=23191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}