{"id":1825,"date":"2019-06-27T13:21:59","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T13:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.risen.org.uk\/?p=1825"},"modified":"2019-06-27T13:27:25","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T13:27:25","slug":"1825","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/?p=1825","title":{"rendered":"Blog June 27th The \u201cHoover\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1826\" src=\"http:\/\/www.risen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_30691-002-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_30691-002-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_30691-002-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_30691-002-624x832.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1825-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.risen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/05-The-Fire-of-Sacrifice.m4a?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.risen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/05-The-Fire-of-Sacrifice.m4a\">http:\/\/www.risen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/05-The-Fire-of-Sacrifice.m4a<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&#8220;The Fire of Sacrifice&#8221; featuring Lucy Stimpson- Maynard from the album &#8220;Precious&#8221; recorded and produced by Ross Gill<\/p>\n<p>As I wrote in the blog of two weeks ago the writer of the daily devotion \u201cWord For Today\u201d Bob Gass, sadly passed away on June 5th aged 75. \u00a0I thought I would share one of his devotions as a sort of testimony to his life. \u00a0This extract comes from his devotion of Sunday, 23rd June 2019.<\/p>\n<p><em>Almost anyone can spot the problem, discuss the problem and complain about the problem, but a solution-oriented person looks always to solve the problem. Murray Spangler was such a person. As a departmental store cleaner he decided the only way to overcome the boredom of his job, which consisted of sweeping floors, was to find a more innovative way to do it. Plus he had the added incentive of being allergic to the dust he was sweeping away each day.\u00a0 Then a thought came to him &#8211; instead of sweeping up the dust, maybe there is a way to suck it up. Where do such creative thoughts come from? God our Creator. \u00a0And since you are His offspring He will share His ideas with you. Spangler\u2019s questions led him to invent a crude but workable vacuum cleaner. He then sought out an old friend in the leather business to finance the manufacturing of his invention. The man\u2019s name was H.W. Hoover. Not only did Hoover vacuum cleaners become very popular, but \u201choovering\u201d became, at least for one generation, synonymous with sweeping floors. Built into every obstacle is an opportunity, every question an answer, every problem, a solution. So don\u2019t be afraid to question methods, systems and equipment and ask \u201cIs there a better way?\u201d The world has been enriched by people who dared to ask that question. And you can be such a person, for God promises to bless \u201call to which you set your hand.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Quote of the week<\/p>\n<p>As long as you believe that more is better you will never be satisfied. Why because you\u2019ll never live long enough to have it all!<\/p>\n<p>The Word for Today<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Fire of Sacrifice&#8221; featuring Lucy Stimpson- Maynard from the album &#8220;Precious&#8221; recorded and produced by Ross Gill As I wrote in the blog of two weeks ago the writer of the daily devotion \u201cWord For Today\u201d Bob Gass, sadly passed away on June 5th aged 75. \u00a0I thought I would share one of his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ken-shearsmiths-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1825"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1829,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1825\/revisions\/1829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}