{"id":7017,"date":"2026-05-17T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/?p=7017"},"modified":"2026-04-22T18:13:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T23:13:40","slug":"never-ending-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/?p=7017","title":{"rendered":"Never-Ending Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Today is the day the Lord has made\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Never-Ending-Story-churchartpro.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Never-Ending-Story-churchartpro-1024x1000.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7018\" width=\"321\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Never-Ending-Story-churchartpro-1024x1000.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Never-Ending-Story-churchartpro-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Never-Ending-Story-churchartpro-768x750.jpg 768w, https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Never-Ending-Story-churchartpro-600x586.jpg 600w, https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Never-Ending-Story-churchartpro-1536x1500.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Never-Ending-Story-churchartpro-2048x2001.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Never-Ending-Story-churchartpro-1320x1289.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>I will rejoice today because I am part of a never-ending story. Actually, I can go one step further and say I\u2019m part of a never-ending, everlasting love story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a writer, I must admit I love a good story. Just like a funny joke needs a memorable punch line, a good story needs a good ending. I usually don\u2019t like stories that never end. They go on and on and on and on. However, the exception for me is our never-ending, everlasting love story with Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guess what? God is helping each of us write our own story with Him. This story is very personal because we are a vital part of it. I call it the never-ending, everlasting love story. God\u2019s love not only helps our stories have meaning now, but in the future. We don\u2019t even need to worry if we lose our physical lives because eternal life will follow. I\u2019ve heard it said that R.I.P. on a tomb stone doesn\u2019t have to mean \u201cRest in Peace.\u201d It can mean \u201cRejoicing in Paradise!\u201d I like that a lot!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>God loves us with a never-ending, everlasting LOVE! That gives us reason to rejoice every day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>\u201cI have loved you with an everlasting love\u2026\u201d ~Jeremiah 31:3<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is the day the Lord has made\u2026 I will rejoice today because I am part of a never-ending story. Actually, I can go one step further and say I\u2019m part of a never-ending, everlasting love story. As a writer, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/?p=7017\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7017"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7020,"href":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7017\/revisions\/7020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}