{"id":4381,"date":"2026-01-01T01:03:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T01:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davesali.wordpress.com\/?p=4381"},"modified":"2026-01-01T01:03:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T01:03:56","slug":"except-the-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savedali.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/01\/except-the-word\/","title":{"rendered":"Except the Word"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>A Song of degrees for Solomon. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh\u00a0but\u00a0in vain.<\/p><cite>Psalm 127:1<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Except the Word build the house, they labour in vain that build it.Except the Word keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since God <em>is <\/em>His Word (John 1:1), try substituting &#8220;Word&#8221; for God and see how it opens up for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One thought: more powerful than any degree is the understanding that you are the reflection of God. Not &#8220;you should be&#8221;. No. You are right now. The Word is building you, the Word is keeping you. The Word is your Shepherd, making you to lie down in green pastures<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Song of degrees for Solomon. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh\u00a0but\u00a0in vain. Psalm 127:1 Except the Word build the house, they labour in vain that build it.Except the Word keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/savedali.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/01\/except-the-word\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Except the Word&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedali.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedali.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedali.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedali.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedali.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4381"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/savedali.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6290,"href":"https:\/\/savedali.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4381\/revisions\/6290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedali.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedali.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedali.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}