{"id":65,"date":"2011-12-24T18:07:50","date_gmt":"2011-12-25T01:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/?p=65"},"modified":"2014-06-07T07:17:14","modified_gmt":"2014-06-07T14:17:14","slug":"time-to-count-blessings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/?p=65","title":{"rendered":"Time to Count Blessings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/scans\/Provo_History\/Article_031.jpg\"><img style=\"margin: 12px;\" src=\"http:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/default_thm.jpg\" alt=\"Click to see original image\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a>Thanksgiving Day!<\/p>\n<p>Once again we celebrate this truly American holiday &#8211; and don&#8217;t ask the question: &#8220;What is there to be thankful for?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>True, we have problems on the national and international scenes and here at home in Utah.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s turmoil, global disunity, economic problems. Hatred, crime, and violence are more prevalent than we&#8217;d like. We have the energy crisis and seemingly one crisis upon another.<\/p>\n<p>But the cynics who see only the bad might well take stock of what&#8217;s right with America\u2026 and with our state and local communities.<\/p>\n<p>For one thing, the vast majority of people are praying and striving for peace. For every breaker of the law there are thousands who respect and obey it.<\/p>\n<p>For every weakness in our country there&#8217;s a strength. America still has the\u00a0inherent ability to heal internal and international differences and stand united in the face of common danger.<\/p>\n<p>In spite of evidences of greed, the welfare of the public is a vital concern and anyone taking inventory can find countless examples of mankind&#8217;s charity and compassion for those in need.<\/p>\n<p>America is still a land of abundance. Although the challenges in our time may be great\u2026 as they have been in every other generation\u2026 so are the opportunities. Let&#8217;s give thanks today and every day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanksgiving Day! Once again we celebrate this truly American holiday &#8211; and don&#8217;t ask the question: &#8220;What is there to be thankful for?&#8221; True, we have problems on the national and international scenes and here at home in Utah. There&#8217;s turmoil, global disunity, economic problems. Hatred, crime, and violence are more prevalent than we&#8217;d like.&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/?p=65\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Time to Count Blessings<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=65"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}