{"id":10559,"date":"2021-12-26T14:06:49","date_gmt":"2021-12-26T19:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.halmoran.com\/?p=10559"},"modified":"2021-12-26T14:06:58","modified_gmt":"2021-12-26T19:06:58","slug":"our-christmas-blessing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.halmoran.com\/?p=10559","title":{"rendered":"Our Christmas Blessing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Our Christmas Bluebird Blessing<br \/><\/strong><br \/>May our days be filled with joy and peace,<br \/>And hope that makes us ponder,<br \/>Who is this Child to bring us light,<br \/>And set our hearts to wonder.<br \/><br \/>It\u2019s Christ the King, the newborn King,<br \/>Who came to seek and save,<br \/>For those who still believe him will,<br \/>Follow in his way.<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Merry Christmas, everyone!<br \/><br \/>With love and grace,<br \/>Hal &amp; Kathleen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" data-attachment-id=\"10560\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.halmoran.com\/?attachment_id=10560\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.halmoran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Hal-Moran21-12-245493.jpg?fit=960%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;7.1&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Hal Moran&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1640346144&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;copyright by Hal Moran&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;600&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Hal-Moran21-12-245493\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.halmoran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Hal-Moran21-12-245493.jpg?fit=960%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.halmoran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Hal-Moran21-12-245493.jpg?resize=960%2C960&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.halmoran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Hal-Moran21-12-245493.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.halmoran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Hal-Moran21-12-245493.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.halmoran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Hal-Moran21-12-245493.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.halmoran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Hal-Moran21-12-245493.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.halmoran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Hal-Moran21-12-245493.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Christmas Bluebird BlessingMay our days be filled with joy and peace,And hope that makes us ponder,Who is this Child to bring us light,And set our hearts to wonder. It\u2019s Christ the King, the newborn King,Who came to seek and save,For those who still believe him will,Follow in his way. Merry Christmas, everyone! 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