{"id":2184,"date":"2026-06-14T21:30:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T21:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innerview.ca\/?p=2184"},"modified":"2026-06-14T21:30:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T21:30:43","slug":"living-stones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/innerview.ca\/index.php\/2026\/06\/14\/living-stones\/","title":{"rendered":"Living Stones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2185\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/innerview.ca\/press1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/41ACB02E-BD5F-4AD6-8E5D-7AFFF3DF07A9.heic?ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The very stone that the builders reject as unwanted and unusable often becomes the most important cornerstone of the building. When we feel like flawed stones, rejected, broken, and unworthy, God sees our value. He takes those stumbling blocks and transforms our struggles into building material.<\/p>\n<p>God is our rock and our cornerstone upon which rests the foundation of our spiritual life.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>He is our ultimate protector, our refuge, and our strength. We can rely on Him to build us up, especially when we feel like life is breaking us down.<\/p>\n<p>Like stones in a building, we are being shaped, refined, and prepared for something greater than we have imagined. Every challenge, every hardship, and every moment of uncertainty is part of His restoration plans.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We are not being rejected; we are being redirected, one stone at a time, so we can stand higher, stronger, and firmly grounded in His purpose. Trust in the Master Builder, for nothing is ever wasted.<\/p>\n<p>Antoinette Giacobbe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The very stone that the builders reject as unwanted and unusable often becomes the most important cornerstone of the building. When we feel like flawed stones, rejected, broken, and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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":""},"categories":[8,7,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heart","category-mind","category-soul"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innerview.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innerview.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innerview.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innerview.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innerview.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2184"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/innerview.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2186,"href":"https:\/\/innerview.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2184\/revisions\/2186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innerview.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innerview.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innerview.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}