{"id":456,"date":"2021-02-19T08:00:55","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T13:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barbaralardinais:8888\/wake-jul05-3\/"},"modified":"2021-01-21T13:44:03","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T18:44:03","slug":"wake-jul05-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hannahscupboard.com\/wake-jul05-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Past the Wire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/hannahscupboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/time-piece2.jpg\" alt=\"time-piece2\" \/>My daughter Jessica and I were having a discussion a few days ago about testing times that go down to the wire. Most Christians know all about that. God is famous for stretching our faith by often waiting until the very last moment to come through. He knows just what he is going to do but we are clueless and we get mighty anxious waiting on his provision.<\/p>\n<p>Jessica has recently come through such a time. 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