{"id":3078,"date":"2020-04-02T15:05:49","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T20:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/?p=3078"},"modified":"2020-04-02T15:05:52","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T20:05:52","slug":"tattoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/02\/tattoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Tattoo?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A while back  in March 2019,  I started to get some ads for <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/inkbox\/\" target=\"_blank\">Inkbox in my Instagram feed<\/a> which caught my attention. I&#8217;ve never been interested in getting tattooed myself, but this #tattosfornow seemed like a way to experiment without the big commit. So I tried one out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-square\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row columns-2\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"2560\" data-id=\"3080\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=3080\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/IMG_0830-scaled.jpeg\" data-width=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/IMG_0830-scaled.jpeg?resize=1920%2C1920\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1952\" data-id=\"3081\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=3081\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/Persian-Tatto-1-scaled-e1585854241664.jpg\" data-width=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/Persian-Tatto-1-scaled-e1585854241664.jpg?resize=1920%2C1920\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tattoo was fun and it looks quite real and I didn&#8217;t tell people it wasn&#8217;t, at least not right away. \ud83d\ude09 It faded away in a little over a week. Experiment over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fast forward to March 2020 and I&#8217;m doing some bible devotions and come across this scripture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls. It leads us through the curtain into God\u2019s inner sanctuary.<\/p><cite>Hebrews 6:19 New Living Translation<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For many reasons, now is an extra important time to have my hope anchored firmly in Jesus Christ so this scripture really hits home for me. Perhaps for you too during this Covid-19 pandemic. And, as the mind does, one thing leads to another and I remember a song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More that 20+ years ago some good friends introduced us to the singer Ray Boltz and his <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1lCiaScpuVU\" target=\"_blank\">Concert of a Lifetime<\/a>. In the concert he performs &#8220;The Anchor Holds&#8221;. The concert was back in the mid &#8217;90s but still worth a watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Anchor Holds with lyrics Ray Boltz\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MSAc5Z2lprk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a relatively new Christian at the time all the songs in the concert were quite impactful, especially &#8220;The Anchor Hold&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Flash forward to the present day and now I&#8217;m thinking about getting some more Inkbox tattoos. On t<a href=\"http:\/\/inkbox.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">heir web site<\/a> I had previously &#8220;favourited&#8221; a couple that I thought would be potentially good to &#8220;try on&#8221;. Here are a few I&#8217;ve considered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"500\" data-id=\"3084\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=3084\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/von-drais_lifestyle_2_20200402084059_original.png\" data-width=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/von-drais_lifestyle_2_20200402084059_original.png\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"500\" data-id=\"3085\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=3085\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/mimi-2_lifestyle_2_20200402012527_original.png\" data-width=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/mimi-2_lifestyle_2_20200402012527_original.png\"\/><\/figure><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"500\" data-id=\"3086\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=3086\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/ankura_lifestyle_1_20200401054903_original.png\" data-width=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/ankura_lifestyle_1_20200401054903_original.png\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turns out the with all my thoughts around my anchor, Jesus, I&#8217;m test driving this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/IMG_4943-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3077\" width=\"539\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4943-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4943-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4943-150x113.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4943-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4943-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4943-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4943-640x480.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\" \/><figcaption><br><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m strongly thinking of making this one permanent when the world returns to whatever the new &#8220;normal&#8221; will be post-Covid-19 and tattoo parlours are once again open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think it will be a great reminder for me that my hope, faith and trust is anchored in the love, grace and mercy of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A while back in March 2019, I started to get some ads for Inkbox in my Instagram feed which caught my attention. I&#8217;ve never been interested in getting tattooed myself, but this #tattosfornow seemed like a way to experiment without the big commit. So I tried one out. The tattoo was fun and it looks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,147],"tags":[155,132,210],"class_list":["post-3078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faith","category-health","tag-jesus","tag-music","tag-tattoo"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3078"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3087,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3078\/revisions\/3087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}