{"id":38418,"date":"2025-12-03T00:02:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T07:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?p=38418"},"modified":"2025-12-03T00:07:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T07:07:31","slug":"251204-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/251204-white\/","title":{"rendered":"The White Flag of the Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: right;\">by Max Lucado<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-38420 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/251204_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/251204_1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/251204_1-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Maybe your past isn\u2019t much to brag about. Maybe you\u2019ve seen evil and you have to make a choice. Do you rise above the past and make a difference? Or do you remain controlled by the past and make excuses? Many choose the convalescent homes of the heart. Healthy bodies, sharp minds, but retired dreams. Lean closely and you\u2019ll hear, \u201cIf only.\u201d The white flag of the heart. \u201cIf only\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maybe you\u2019ve used those words. Maybe you have every right to use them. Perhaps you were hearing the ten count before you even got into the ring. Can I show you where to turn? Go to John\u2019s gospel and read Jesus\u2019 words in John 3:6 (NCV). \u201c<strong>Human life comes from human parents, but spiritual life comes from one Spirit<\/strong>.\u201d Your parents have given you genes, but God gives you grace. God is willing to give you what your family didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38419\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-unnamed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" \/>Read more\u00a0<a title=\"When God Whispers Your Name\" href=\"https:\/\/maxlucado.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=bed511e434184985961d50fcb&amp;id=172dc46a5c&amp;e=0716428f80\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/maxlucado.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Dbed511e434184985961d50fcb%26id%3D172dc46a5c%26e%3D0716428f80&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1764831713250000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3Eh-siJja1As2hG6tCb13M\"><em>When God Whispers Your Name<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maybe your past isn\u2019t much to brag about. Maybe you\u2019ve seen evil and you have to make a choice. Do you rise above the past and make a difference? Or do you remain controlled by the past and make excuses? Many choose the convalescent homes of the heart. Healthy bodies, sharp minds, but retired dreams. Lean closely and you\u2019ll hear, \u201cIf only.\u201d The white flag of the heart. \u201cIf only\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maybe you\u2019ve used those words. Maybe you have every right to use them. Perhaps you were hearing the ten count before you even got into the ring. Can I show you where to turn? Go to John\u2019s gospel and read Jesus\u2019 words in John 3:6 (NCV). \u201cHuman life comes from human parents, but spiritual life comes from one Spirit.\u201d Your parents have given you genes, but God gives you grace. God is willing to give you what your family didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38420,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upwords"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38418"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38421,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38418\/revisions\/38421"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}