{"id":115125,"date":"2024-12-29T23:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T05:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=115125"},"modified":"2024-12-30T04:11:19","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T10:11:19","slug":"a-la-carte-december-30-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=115125","title":{"rendered":"A La Carte (December 30)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"7594bae9-e993-4ebb-9b52-b642eeacd8e6\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good morning. Grace and peace to you.<\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"b039db01-0112-4487-875b-1f77447a6351\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/kindle-deals-for-christians\/\">Kindle deals<\/a> include a really good selection of books. Be sure to check it out!<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/articles\/honor-your-elderly-parents\">Honor Your (Elderly) Parents: How Adult Children \u2018Make Some Return\u2019<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"f590a682-d951-4641-808c-ab8f25504e45\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kathleen Nielson has an article on an important subject. &#8220;My friend loves her mom, but she is struggling with the weight of caring for her in her old age. The huge commitment of time, space, money, and emotional support somewhat ambushed her. It\u2019s a story told often these days, in various versions, but with the same theme of figuring out how best to care for aging parents.&#8221; (Consider reading <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/a-la-carte\/a-la-carte-december-30-2024\/\">her book<\/a> on the subject.)<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/janacarlson.com\/retired-from-new-years-resolutions\/\">Retired From Resolutions<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"295e1a8f-0adf-4b5c-b450-d8bd5790fb2c\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jana explains why she decided to retire from resolutions. &#8220;Do you, like me, need to relinquish perfectionism and the desire for control and experience God\u2019s grace and peace in the midst of transition, trials, and turmoil? Perhaps the\u00a0<em>goals<\/em>\u00a0vs.\u00a0<em>purpose<\/em>\u00a0perspective can help you, as it has me, to simplify our lives and stay focused on what matters most.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=6QltxZ-vPMc&amp;si=pbM_p_sM0NsjGEU2\">Why We Can&#8217;t Focus (Video)<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"310636b3-732c-436b-9811-a20e12a4cd6a\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This isn&#8217;t a Christian video per se, and isn&#8217;t exactly original, but I think it&#8217;s a helpful reminder of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A La Carte: Honor your elderly parents \/ Retired from resolutions \/ Why we can&#8217;t focus \/ Be committed to leave a legacy \/ A broken relationship with dad \/ Kindle deals \/ and more.See AlsoA La Carte (December 9)A La Carte (October 1)A La Carte (June 28)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":115141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[31],"tags":[306],"class_list":["post-115125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tim-challies","tag-a-la-carte","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biblicalcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/cover-a-la-carte-mon-a-3-1.jpg?fit=1920%2C1219&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=115125"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115143,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115125\/revisions\/115143"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/115141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=115125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=115125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=115125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}