{"id":10096,"date":"2025-10-26T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my-all-about-you.com\/?p=10096"},"modified":"2025-10-25T09:22:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T14:22:59","slug":"still-popping-still-pulling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/my-all-about-you.com\/es\/2025\/10\/26\/still-popping-still-pulling\/","title":{"rendered":"Still Popping, Still Pulling"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor present things,&nbsp;nor future things, nor powers, nor height, nor depth,nor any other creature will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Romans 8: 38 &amp; 39<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9vUsN-2d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Johnny Popper<\/a> doesn\u2019t work the big fields anymore. But he still pulls. He still plows. Just not a whole bunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These days, he hums through the garden rows and helps with the yard. His pop is louder, his jump more pronounced. But he\u2019s still moving. Still serving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My husband knows him well, knows what he needs, how to coax him forward, how to care for the aches. He doesn\u2019t ask Johnny to be what he once was, but to be what he is today. Johnny\u2019s still got it.  And that\u2019s enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johnny doesn\u2019t need to be what he was. He just needs to be loved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And that\u2019s true of us, too.  Have a wonderful Sunday being loved by someone greater than all!  Enjoy your week!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XKOoeTbjSeI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=es-MX&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johnny Popper still pulls and plows\u2014just not a whole bunch. In this Sunday morning reflection, we honor the quiet work of staying useful, the grace of being loved as we are, and the joy of humming through the garden rows with a faithful companion by our side.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":132804860,"featured_media":139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[312881908,86603,158690878,401,5366,18,95565,13014838],"tags":[40112860,182750984,371769506,785028888,11529882,230894656,110134040,785028901,325150307,236979150],"class_list":["post-10096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-companionship-care","category-cultural-heritage","category-daily-faith-practices","category-faith","category-meaning","category-music","category-stories-from-the-field","category-sunday-blessings","tag-beingloved","tag-comethoufount","tag-faithfulcompanions","tag-graceinthegarden","tag-johndeere","tag-quietstrength","tag-rurallife","tag-toolsthatserve","tag-vintagetractor","tag-sundayreflections"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/my-all-about-you.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_2339.jpg?fit=3024%2C4032&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9vUsN-2CQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5350,"url":"https:\/\/my-all-about-you.com\/es\/2025\/01\/13\/thirsty-for-meaning-the-small-seed-of-faith-beats-the-largest-fruit\/","url_meta":{"origin":10096,"position":0},"title":"Thirsty for Meaning? 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