{"id":1925,"date":"2009-12-15T05:00:16","date_gmt":"2009-12-15T10:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/?p=1925"},"modified":"2009-12-15T18:22:30","modified_gmt":"2009-12-15T23:22:30","slug":"tag-december-15-daily-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/tag-december-15-daily-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"Tag, December 15 Daily Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1924\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1924\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1924\" title=\"Photo_112409_018\" src=\"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Photo_112409_018-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"Anna and the Ethan I watch after school playing tag, the tree is base.\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Photo_112409_018-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Photo_112409_018-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Photo_112409_018.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1924\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anna and the Ethan I watch after school playing tag, the tree is base.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Tag &#8211; Your it!\u00a0 Run, run, you can do it!\u00a0 Tag the tree!\u00a0 She is right behind you.\u00a0 Ollie, Ollie, all are freeeee!!!\u00a0 Whose turn is it to be it?\u00a0 Well, it&#8217;s not going to be me.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s do blue shoe. Raggedy shoes all in a circle &#8220;blue shoe, blue shoe how old are you 5. 1,2,3,4,5 you are out last foot left in is it.&#8221;\u00a0 And so the game starts again.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>If you went outside today and truly played the game tag with your children would you run your fastest, prove your youth and dominate the game?\u00a0 Would you let your child win or would you just play with no intentions what so ever and just truly enjoy the game and time with your children?<\/p>\n<p>There are so many rules the children have to make up to gain a sense of authority.\u00a0 It is a constant power struggle in the game of tag just like life. We are tricking ourselves into believing we have complete control over anything. We keep changing the rules and reinterpering\u00a0 the game to gain authority.\u00a0 However, the\u00a0possibility of being outrun, run over or tagged is very great in the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So how do you live your life in the great game of tag?\u00a0 Do you make up new rules so you will dominate?\u00a0 Do you go by the rules already set and let them define you?\u00a0 Or do you do the best you can in this life and accept that all true authority belongs to God and\u00a0in doing so are you happy to play in His game?<\/p>\n<p>When you play tag today at the office, or at home with your children think about the way\u00a0you play in your life.\u00a0 Is it\u00a0to feel in\u00a0complete control?\u00a0 Is it to be better than others around you?\u00a0 Or is it to be the best you possibly can for God?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember the game of tag.  We played it all summer long when we were kids.  Are we still playing it today&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[103,412,22],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1925"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}