{"id":24544,"date":"2026-01-02T01:00:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T06:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavozdelaprofecia.com\/?post_type=cpt_portfolio&#038;p=24544"},"modified":"2026-02-17T22:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T03:52:08","slug":"israel-velasquez-family-a-sabbath-in-nature","status":"publish","type":"cpt_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavozdelaprofecia.com\/?cpt_portfolio=israel-velasquez-family-a-sabbath-in-nature","title":{"rendered":"Israel Vel\u00e1squez &#038; Family: A Sabbath in Nature"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"model-response-message-contentr_c87670796236ad38\" class=\"markdown markdown-main-panel tutor-markdown-rendering stronger enable-updated-hr-color preserve-whitespaces-in-response\" dir=\"ltr\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-busy=\"false\">\n<p data-path-to-node=\"0\">On <b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"3\">Saturday, March 17, 2018<\/b>, our family put into practice the <b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"62\">Divine Counsel<\/b> found in the inspired pages of the book <i data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"117\">Education<\/i> (pages 244-245):<\/p>\n<blockquote data-path-to-node=\"4\">\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4,0\">&#8220;Since the Sabbath is the memorial of <b data-path-to-node=\"4,0\" data-index-in-node=\"38\">creative power<\/b>, it is the day of all others when we should be familiar with God through His works. Happy are the parents who can teach their children <b data-path-to-node=\"4,0\" data-index-in-node=\"188\">God&#8217;s written Word<\/b> with illustrations from the open pages of the book of nature; who can gather under the green trees, in the fresh, pure air, to study the Word and to sing praises to the Heavenly Father.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr data-path-to-node=\"5\" \/>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"6\">Studying the Word in God&#8217;s Creation<\/h3>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7\">On that Sabbath, we set out to study the Word of our God surrounded by His creation. We visited the <b data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"100\">Natural Bridge<\/b> located in Western <b data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"134\">Virginia, United States<\/b>. It is a majestic site with a height of <b data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"198\">66 meters<\/b> and a span of <b data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"222\">27 meters<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"8\">In this sanctuary of nature, one can breathe <b data-path-to-node=\"8\" data-index-in-node=\"45\">pure air<\/b> while various species of birds brighten the atmosphere with their beautiful songs. We also observed many <b data-path-to-node=\"8\" data-index-in-node=\"159\">deer<\/b> coming to drink from the river that flows beneath the bridge, where colorful fish swim in the clear waters.<\/p>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"9\">A Journey of Gratitude<\/h3>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"10\">With hearts full of gratitude to our God, we are happy to share some of the photographs we took as a memento of this special day.<\/p>\n<hr data-path-to-node=\"11\" \/>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"15\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, March 17, 2018, our family put into practice the Divine Counsel found in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24545,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","cpt_portfolio_group":[193],"class_list":["post-24544","cpt_portfolio","type-cpt_portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cpt_portfolio_group-albums"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavozdelaprofecia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/cpt_portfolio\/24544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavozdelaprofecia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/cpt_portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavozdelaprofecia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/cpt_portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavozdelaprofecia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavozdelaprofecia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24544"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavozdelaprofecia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavozdelaprofecia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cpt_portfolio_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavozdelaprofecia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcpt_portfolio_group&post=24544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}