{"id":5165,"date":"2026-10-09T13:10:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T13:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clcbranson.com\/?p=5165"},"modified":"2026-10-09T13:10:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T13:10:57","slug":"the-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clcbranson.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/09\/the-process\/","title":{"rendered":"The Process"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The journey to our hope&#8230;difficult, valuable &amp; so worthwhile&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNot only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God\u2019s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Romans 5:3-5 ESV<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bible.com\/bible\/59\/rom.5.3-5.ESV?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAcGRvZgVicmlkETE2dzh5MjZqMkdPQkUyT2o0c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHqGdao_Wgb7Ol7Cmd_QVVF1WQGGGs823zQ8zOfHW0SUpXdGxEpG7uFI9Z6qz_aem_A1xJ3GVL1uKt0951l6YFjA\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/bible.com\/bible\/59\/rom.5.3-5.ESV<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"626\" src=\"https:\/\/clcbranson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/clayton-robbins-7r7-7RLdwCU-unsplash-1024x626.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clcbranson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/clayton-robbins-7r7-7RLdwCU-unsplash-1024x626.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/clcbranson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/clayton-robbins-7r7-7RLdwCU-unsplash-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/clcbranson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/clayton-robbins-7r7-7RLdwCU-unsplash-768x469.jpg 768w, https:\/\/clcbranson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/clayton-robbins-7r7-7RLdwCU-unsplash-1536x938.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/clcbranson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/clayton-robbins-7r7-7RLdwCU-unsplash.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The journey to our hope&#8230;difficult, valuable &amp; so worthwhile&#8230; \u201cNot only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God\u2019s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/clcbranson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/clayton-robbins-7r7-7RLdwCU-unsplash.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clcbranson.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clcbranson.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clcbranson.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clcbranson.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clcbranson.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5165"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/clcbranson.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5167,"href":"https:\/\/clcbranson.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5165\/revisions\/5167"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clcbranson.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clcbranson.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clcbranson.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clcbranson.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}