{"id":9266,"date":"2019-03-10T07:27:14","date_gmt":"2019-03-10T12:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/?p=9266"},"modified":"2019-03-10T07:31:19","modified_gmt":"2019-03-10T12:31:19","slug":"celebrate-life-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.scquest.org\/?p=9266","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Life Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is a time to weep, and a time to laugh;<\/p>\n<p>a time to mourn, and a time to dance\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Today we do both! It is our annual Celebrate Life Day and it is full of tears and laughter. We thank our good and gracious God for another year to walk beneath this sun. Each March 10th is a reminder to us to both squeeze all we can out of this fleeting life, and also to hold our very existence loosely for it is a vapor.<\/p>\n<p>The finite nature of our life reminds us we are fragile, and the lovingkindness of our God reminds us that we are safe. Weep and laugh. 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