{"id":142795652,"date":"2024-03-20T15:48:38","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T15:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=142795652"},"modified":"2024-03-20T15:48:38","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T15:48:38","slug":"the-illuminating-spark-spring-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=142795652","title":{"rendered":"The Illuminating Spark: Spring Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A prayer of springtime lessons.<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/937a3e16-5219-432b-a81a-3dcbec0334c7_4608x3456.jpeg\"\/><\/figure><p>(Image description: A photo of a robin perched on a tree limb. The background is a wooded area on a sunny day.) Credit: Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@tomrootstudio?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Tom Bradley<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/brown-and-orange-bird-on-tree-branch-during-daytime-j7vE4EoeL9Q?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spring Prayer<\/h3><p>Lady of the Seasons,<\/p><p>as You preside over the cycles of the year,<\/p><p>may Spring teach me the lessons of its tides.<\/p><p>A time of joy, like birdsong in the air,<\/p><p>A time to set intent to action, like the sowing of seeds,<\/p><p>A time of reflection that brings the clearest of insights, as the nourishment of the rain,<\/p><p>A time of flourishing creativity, as flowers rising from the Earth,<\/p><p>A time of kindness, like the sun\u2019s warm, gentle rays,<\/p><p>A time of playfulness, like the frolicking of young animals,<\/p><p>A time of change, as sure as the turning of the seasons.<\/p><p>By Sky,<\/p><p>By Land,<\/p><p>By Sea.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A prayer of springtime lessons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142795652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142795652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=142795652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142795652\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=142795652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=142795652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=142795652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}