{"id":23,"date":"2012-03-29T11:00:59","date_gmt":"2012-03-29T16:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/applaudingtrees.com\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2012-03-29T11:00:59","modified_gmt":"2012-03-29T16:00:59","slug":"why-applauding-trees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/applaudingtrees.com\/?page_id=23","title":{"rendered":"Why Applauding Trees?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t remember why or how it happened, but the verses from Isaiah 55 kept showing up in our lives, in our thoughts, and in our hearts during the time when my wife and I were engaged. \u00a0It soon became a theme for our wedding. \u00a0As we were thinking of a website name, we thought it would be cool to link the site name to this chapter since it was so integral to the\u00a0beginning\u00a0or our lives together. Here is a little excerpt from it:<\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\n&#8220;For my thoughts are not your thoughts,<br \/>\nNor are your ways My ways,&#8221; says the Lord.<br \/>\n&#8220;For as the heavens are higher than the earth,<br \/>\nSo are My ways higher than your ways,<br \/>\nAnd My thoughts than your thoughts.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nFor you shall go out with joy,<br \/>\nAnd be led out with peace;<br \/>\nThe mountains and the hills<br \/>\nShall break forth into singing before you,<br \/>\n<strong>And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.<\/strong><br \/>\nInstead of the thorn shall come up the cypress tree,<br \/>\nAnd instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree;<br \/>\nAnd it shall be to the Lord for a name,<br \/>\nFor an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.&#8221;<br \/>\n(Isaiah 55:8-9,12-13)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>But why a new website?\u00a0The simple boring reason is that some other web space we were using is going away and we needed another place to post thoughts, pictures, and videos. \u00a0The cool exciting reason is that I&#8217;ve recently entered the realm of computer programming, and I thought it would be fun to create a website. \u00a0This blog (as you probably know) was not created designed by me, but it&#8217;s a placeholder (maybe) for the meantime until I can create a super awesome fantastic website. \u00a0We&#8217;ll see if that actually happens.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve never been a big blogging type of person, but my wife enjoys cataloging events and people through pictures and thoughts. \u00a0Much of this blog may end up being about our 1 year old daughter.<\/p>\n<p>Until then, go check out Sufjan Steven&#8217;s track &#8220;All the Trees of the Field Will Clap Their Hands&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yvq-GQP-VyY\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yvq-GQP-VyY<\/a>\u00a0(I always liked this live version the most).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t remember why or how it happened, but the verses from Isaiah 55 kept showing up in our lives, in our thoughts, and in our hearts during the time when my wife and I were engaged. \u00a0It soon became &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/applaudingtrees.com\/?page_id=23\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/applaudingtrees.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/applaudingtrees.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/applaudingtrees.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/applaudingtrees.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/applaudingtrees.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/applaudingtrees.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26,"href":"https:\/\/applaudingtrees.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions\/26"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/applaudingtrees.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}