{"id":3377,"date":"2025-03-31T10:08:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T16:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/operacionrescate.org\/en\/?p=3377"},"modified":"2025-12-11T10:09:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T16:09:42","slug":"devotional-the-creation-march-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/operacionrescate.org\/en\/blog\/2025\/03\/31\/devotional-the-creation-march-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"DEVOTIONAL THE CREATION | MARCH 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>\u201cCreation\u201d Devotional \u2013 March 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In March, we celebrated the \u201cCreation\u201d devotional, a time of reflection in which students of all levels remembered God\u2019s greatness expressed in every detail of the world around us. 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