{"id":1500,"date":"2016-01-11T07:06:17","date_gmt":"2016-01-11T13:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/annswindell.com\/staging\/?p=1500"},"modified":"2016-01-04T21:14:25","modified_gmt":"2016-01-05T03:14:25","slug":"be-like-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/annswindell.com\/staging\/2016\/01\/11\/be-like-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Spending Time with Him to Be Like Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.deeplyrootedmag.com\/blogs\/blog\/71829061-the-best-resolution\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1501\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/annswindell.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Deeply-Rooted-Resolution.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Deeply Rooted Resolution\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/annswindell.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Deeply-Rooted-Resolution.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/annswindell.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Deeply-Rooted-Resolution.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/annswindell.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Deeply-Rooted-Resolution.jpg?resize=900%2C600&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>[Image by <a href=\"http:\/\/kellykeephotography.com\/\">Kelly Kee<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This is the start of my most recent article for Deeply Rooted Magazine.<br \/>\nRead the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deeplyrootedmag.com\/blogs\/blog\/71829061-the-best-resolution\">full article here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not the type of person who is usually motivated by goals, and New Year\u2019s resolutions tend to fall under this category for me.\u00a0But\u00a0there is one type of resolution I made nearly a decade a ago that has utterly transformed my life.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I aim to spend time with Jesus every single day.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Of course, there are days when life gets a little too wild and I don\u2019t manage to set time aside for the Lord, but by and large, I spend time with him every day of the week, every week of the year.\u00a0I don\u2019t say this because I\u2019m fantastic; I say this because I\u2019m a broken and sinful person, desperately in need of the healing and love of Christ every single day.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>It\u2019s spiritual life and death for me; spending time with Jesus is the only thing that keeps me hopeful, kind, and loving\u2014<em>because he is hopeful, kind, and loving<\/em>. <strong>When I spend time with him, I become more like him, and that is what I need most of all.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Read the rest of the article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deeplyrootedmag.com\/blogs\/blog\/71829061-the-best-resolution\">here, at Deeply Rooted<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Image by Kelly Kee] This is the start of my most recent article for Deeply Rooted Magazine. 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