{"id":25214,"date":"2026-03-11T17:06:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T17:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/uncategorized\/guideposts-classics-ruth-hussey-on-answered-prayer\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T06:19:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:19:49","slug":"guideposts-classics-ruth-hussey-on-answered-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/entertainment\/movies-and-tv\/guideposts-classics-ruth-hussey-on-answered-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"Guideposts Classics: Ruth Hussey on Answered Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently a friend came to me in an hour of deep need. She was earnestly seeking something, anything that would lift her above the turbulent sea of her sorrow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRuth,\u201d she said, \u201cI know you have faith \u2026 but what do you get out of your religion?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell,\u201d I said slowly. \u201cI get a sense of purpose, a sense of place in the universe and among my fellow men.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She nodded, but there wasn\u2019t any answering light. Suddenly I wondered if I were offering \u201ccold truth.\u201d Why was I holding back, reticent to speak of the warmth and experience that had been so close to me? Afraid of being misunderstood, misinterpreted?<\/p>\n<p>If I loved my friend enough, why not explain to her how I \u201cgot\u201d the feeling, even at the risk of sounding corny. Then I told her, \u201cJoanne, <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/friends-and-family\/family\/guideposts-classics-victor-borge-on-finding-comfort-and-sanctuary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I get comfort<\/a> and inspiration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her face lighted up. \u201cThose are the things I want. But are you sure?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I told her a story I have always hesitated to tell\u2014my experience at \u201cplaying\u201d the Virgin Mary on the <em>Family Theatre<\/em> for television. When Father Patrick Peyton called, to suggest it, I was stunned. The idea of \u201cacting the part\u201d of the <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/bible-resources\/women-in-the-bible\/mary-of-nazareth-mother-of-jesus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blessed Mother<\/a> seemed presumptuous.<\/p>\n<p>I agreed to do it, but frankly was scared and felt inadequate for the job. There was even one line in the script I could never say. I didn\u2019t understand it.<\/p>\n<p>It is my practice to commit my lines to memory by rote and, when letter perfect, to work out my concept of the character in detail. In this case once I had mastered the words, I simply could not bring myself to offer my personal interpretation to 20,000,000 viewers. Nor could I read that one \u201cline.\u201d In my secret heart I bad never been able to understand how Mary could say in her humility: \u201cMy soul doth magnify the Lord!\u201d<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">\u2014<\/span>Luke 1:46<\/p>\n<p>As I waited in the wings, to do my first performance on Thanksgiving Day, I felt I had never been so ill prepared. I knew only the words and, unless the inspiration came, I didn\u2019t know what would happen. <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/true-stories-of-answered-prayer\/how-god-answers-desperate-prayers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Over and over I prayed<\/a>: \u201cBe Thou my guide. Help me to forget myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is hard to explain what happened then. I moved through the part on \u201cfeeling,\u201d on impulse rather than reason. I wasn\u2019t conscious of speaking words or lines, but instead concentrated on the impact, the spirit behind them.<\/p>\n<p>The time came to say, \u201cMy soul doth magnify the Lord,\u201d but the way was with a kind of singing wonder \u2026 I had never thought of those words that way \u2026 but now I knew what the Virgin Mary meant! It was the purpose of a whole life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes,\u201d said Joanne. \u201cI see. That is <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/uncategorized\/prayer-talk-unexpected-answers-to-prayer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">answered prayer<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A good way to start, I\u2019ve discovered, is with thank-you prayers, little prayers offered many times throughout the day, for many things, big and small. Most often when I pray for something it is for direction, for what I am supposed to do. For the wisdom to be a good mother and wife.<\/p>\n<p>Before going on the stage or before the cameras, I always pray \u2026 not to be a success, but that I shall remember what I have learned.<\/p>\n<p><em>For more inspiring stories, subscribe to <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/w1.buysub.com\/servlet\/ConvertibleGateway?cds_mag_code=GDP&amp;cds_page_id=241158\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Guideposts<\/strong><\/a> <em>magazine<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently a friend came to me in an hour of deep need. She was earnestly seeking something, anything that would lift her above the turbulent sea of her sorrow. \u201cRuth,\u201d she said, \u201cI know you have faith \u2026 but what do you get out of your religion?\u201d \u201cWell,\u201d I said slowly. \u201cI get a sense [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[267,175,187],"tags":[33,15,58,268,30],"ppma_author":[582],"class_list":["post-25214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-stories","category-movies-and-tv","category-true-stories-of-answered-prayer","tag-celebrities","tag-faith","tag-guideposts","tag-guideposts-75th-anniversary","tag-prayer"],"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>Guideposts Classics: Ruth Hussey on Answered Prayer - 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=\"Guideposts Classics: Ruth Hussey on Answered Prayer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Recently a friend came to me in an hour of deep need. She was earnestly seeking something, anything that would lift her above the turbulent sea of her sorrow. \u201cRuth,\u201d she said, \u201cI know you have faith \u2026 but what do you get out of your religion?\u201d \u201cWell,\u201d I said slowly. \u201cI get a sense [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/entertainment\/movies-and-tv\/guideposts-classics-ruth-hussey-on-answered-prayer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Guideposts Articles\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-11T17:06:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-10T06:19:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/articles.guideposts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ruth_hussey-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1540\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"866\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ruth Hussey\" \/>\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\":\"http:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/positive-living\\\/entertainment\\\/movies-and-tv\\\/guideposts-classics-ruth-hussey-on-answered-prayer\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/positive-living\\\/entertainment\\\/movies-and-tv\\\/guideposts-classics-ruth-hussey-on-answered-prayer\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Neeraj Rai\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f0862e0bfb5f72f571ea4d005001f0be\"},\"headline\":\"Guideposts Classics: Ruth Hussey on Answered Prayer\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-11T17:06:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-10T06:19:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/positive-living\\\/entertainment\\\/movies-and-tv\\\/guideposts-classics-ruth-hussey-on-answered-prayer\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":561,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/positive-living\\\/entertainment\\\/movies-and-tv\\\/guideposts-classics-ruth-hussey-on-answered-prayer\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/ruth_hussey-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Celebrities\",\"Faith\",\"Guideposts\",\"Guideposts 75th Anniversary\",\"Prayer\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Celebrity Stories\",\"Movies and TV\",\"True Prayers Answered Stories\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/positive-living\\\/entertainment\\\/movies-and-tv\\\/guideposts-classics-ruth-hussey-on-answered-prayer\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/positive-living\\\/entertainment\\\/movies-and-tv\\\/guideposts-classics-ruth-hussey-on-answered-prayer\\\/\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/positive-living\\\/entertainment\\\/movies-and-tv\\\/guideposts-classics-ruth-hussey-on-answered-prayer\\\/\",\"name\":\"Guideposts Classics: Ruth Hussey on Answered Prayer - Guideposts Articles\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/positive-living\\\/entertainment\\\/movies-and-tv\\\/guideposts-classics-ruth-hussey-on-answered-prayer\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/positive-living\\\/entertainment\\\/movies-and-tv\\\/guideposts-classics-ruth-hussey-on-answered-prayer\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/ruth_hussey-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-11T17:06:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-10T06:19:49+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/positive-living\\\/entertainment\\\/movies-and-tv\\\/guideposts-classics-ruth-hussey-on-answered-prayer\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/positive-living\\\/entertainment\\\/movies-and-tv\\\/guideposts-classics-ruth-hussey-on-answered-prayer\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/positive-living\\\/entertainment\\\/movies-and-tv\\\/guideposts-classics-ruth-hussey-on-answered-prayer\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/ruth_hussey-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/ruth_hussey-1.jpg\",\"width\":1540,\"height\":866},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/positive-living\\\/entertainment\\\/movies-and-tv\\\/guideposts-classics-ruth-hussey-on-answered-prayer\\\/#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\":\"Entertainment\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/positive-living\\\/entertainment\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Movies and TV\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/positive-living\\\/entertainment\\\/movies-and-tv\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":5,\"name\":\"Guideposts Classics: Ruth Hussey on Answered Prayer\"}]},{\"@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\\\/f0862e0bfb5f72f571ea4d005001f0be\",\"name\":\"Neeraj Rai\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/18c0b5a06458f26c764f5a7451f1774cfb282943f2f36a00c9a801809489005c?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fgpbookstore.org%2Farticles%2Fwp-content%2Fthemes%2Fguideposts%2Fassets%2Fimages%2Fdefault-avatar.png&r=gc7d9b87677b7a32d038be4d79f46df21\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/18c0b5a06458f26c764f5a7451f1774cfb282943f2f36a00c9a801809489005c?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\\\/18c0b5a06458f26c764f5a7451f1774cfb282943f2f36a00c9a801809489005c?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fgpbookstore.org%2Farticles%2Fwp-content%2Fthemes%2Fguideposts%2Fassets%2Fimages%2Fdefault-avatar.png&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Neeraj Rai\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/author\\\/neeraj\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Guideposts Classics: Ruth Hussey on Answered Prayer - 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":"Guideposts Classics: Ruth Hussey on Answered Prayer","og_description":"Recently a friend came to me in an hour of deep need. She was earnestly seeking something, anything that would lift her above the turbulent sea of her sorrow. \u201cRuth,\u201d she said, \u201cI know you have faith \u2026 but what do you get out of your religion?\u201d \u201cWell,\u201d I said slowly. \u201cI get a sense [&hellip;]","og_url":"http:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/entertainment\/movies-and-tv\/guideposts-classics-ruth-hussey-on-answered-prayer\/","og_site_name":"Guideposts Articles","article_published_time":"2026-03-11T17:06:37+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-04-10T06:19:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1540,"height":866,"url":"http:\/\/articles.guideposts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ruth_hussey-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ruth Hussey","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"http:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/entertainment\/movies-and-tv\/guideposts-classics-ruth-hussey-on-answered-prayer\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/entertainment\/movies-and-tv\/guideposts-classics-ruth-hussey-on-answered-prayer\/"},"author":{"name":"Neeraj Rai","@id":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/#\/schema\/person\/f0862e0bfb5f72f571ea4d005001f0be"},"headline":"Guideposts Classics: Ruth Hussey on Answered Prayer","datePublished":"2026-03-11T17:06:37+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-10T06:19:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/entertainment\/movies-and-tv\/guideposts-classics-ruth-hussey-on-answered-prayer\/"},"wordCount":561,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/entertainment\/movies-and-tv\/guideposts-classics-ruth-hussey-on-answered-prayer\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ruth_hussey-1.jpg","keywords":["Celebrities","Faith","Guideposts","Guideposts 75th Anniversary","Prayer"],"articleSection":["Celebrity Stories","Movies and TV","True Prayers Answered Stories"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["http:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/entertainment\/movies-and-tv\/guideposts-classics-ruth-hussey-on-answered-prayer\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/entertainment\/movies-and-tv\/guideposts-classics-ruth-hussey-on-answered-prayer\/","url":"http:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/entertainment\/movies-and-tv\/guideposts-classics-ruth-hussey-on-answered-prayer\/","name":"Guideposts Classics: Ruth Hussey on Answered Prayer - Guideposts Articles","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/entertainment\/movies-and-tv\/guideposts-classics-ruth-hussey-on-answered-prayer\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/entertainment\/movies-and-tv\/guideposts-classics-ruth-hussey-on-answered-prayer\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ruth_hussey-1.jpg","datePublished":"2026-03-11T17:06:37+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-10T06:19:49+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/entertainment\/movies-and-tv\/guideposts-classics-ruth-hussey-on-answered-prayer\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/entertainment\/movies-and-tv\/guideposts-classics-ruth-hussey-on-answered-prayer\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/entertainment\/movies-and-tv\/guideposts-classics-ruth-hussey-on-answered-prayer\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ruth_hussey-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ruth_hussey-1.jpg","width":1540,"height":866},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/entertainment\/movies-and-tv\/guideposts-classics-ruth-hussey-on-answered-prayer\/#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":"Entertainment","item":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/entertainment\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Movies and TV","item":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/entertainment\/movies-and-tv\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"Guideposts Classics: Ruth Hussey on Answered Prayer"}]},{"@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\/f0862e0bfb5f72f571ea4d005001f0be","name":"Neeraj Rai","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/18c0b5a06458f26c764f5a7451f1774cfb282943f2f36a00c9a801809489005c?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fgpbookstore.org%2Farticles%2Fwp-content%2Fthemes%2Fguideposts%2Fassets%2Fimages%2Fdefault-avatar.png&r=gc7d9b87677b7a32d038be4d79f46df21","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/18c0b5a06458f26c764f5a7451f1774cfb282943f2f36a00c9a801809489005c?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\/18c0b5a06458f26c764f5a7451f1774cfb282943f2f36a00c9a801809489005c?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fgpbookstore.org%2Farticles%2Fwp-content%2Fthemes%2Fguideposts%2Fassets%2Fimages%2Fdefault-avatar.png&r=g","caption":"Neeraj Rai"},"url":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/author\/neeraj\/"}]}},"authors":[{"term_id":582,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"ruth-hussey","display_name":"Ruth Hussey","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\/25214","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25214"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=25214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}