{"id":11255,"date":"2024-10-25T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=11255"},"modified":"2024-09-10T05:36:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T10:36:35","slug":"peaceful-fruit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2024\/10\/25\/peaceful-fruit\/","title":{"rendered":"Peaceful Fruit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hebrews 12:11<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regular chastisement leads to a harvest of righteousness and peace. \u00a0Every day, the Lord corrects me in some way, shape, or form. \u00a0Most days, His lessons come in the way of nudges from the Holy Spirit, a word spoken in haste, an action that didn\u2019t communicate love or an errant thought that needed addressing. \u00a0At other times, the correction hurts more and causes me to wrestle with the Lord as I strive to find His will.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the tenth anniversary of my nephew\u2019s death occurred, I struggled. \u00a0The gravity of the loss swept over me, and I did not feel like loving anyone. \u00a0With a short fuse and little patience, kindness took work. \u00a0By Wednesday of that week, my humanity reared its ugly head, and I did something I regret, and the Lord chastised me. \u00a0At that moment, I did not feel joy; I felt sorrow. \u00a0But as I worked through the situation, seeking restoration, I found God\u2019s peace again. \u00a0Doing the right thing, putting God first, and living for His approval transformed me as I learned the lesson and restored the relationship.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sharing my faith publicly holds me to a higher level of accountability and helps me mature in my beliefs as I follow the Lord. I can only fulfill my divine mission by honoring God and serving Him with discipline and correction.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No matter when we turn to the Lord, He loves us in our sins. \u00a0But He doesn\u2019t let us stay there. \u00a0As we give our lives to God and follow Jesus, He begins to discipline us, molding us into new creations. \u00a0\u00a0The correction doesn\u2019t feel joyful at the moment, but as we learn the lessons the Lord has for us, we will discover a harvest of righteousness and peace.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prayer:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lord, thank You for loving us enough to correct us, help us mature, and prevent us from staying stuck in our sinful ways. Please give us eyes to see and ears to hear Your disciplines, training us to become more like Christ as we submit our lives to You.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IJNIP. Amen <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two-minute read. All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.  Hebrews 12:11  Regular chastisement leads to a harvest of righteousness and peace. \u00a0Every day, the Lord corrects me in some way, shape, or form.… Continue reading Peaceful Fruit<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11255"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11259,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11255\/revisions\/11259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}