{"id":12096,"date":"2025-03-05T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=12096"},"modified":"2025-02-22T07:52:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T12:52:29","slug":"came-near","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/03\/05\/came-near\/","title":{"rendered":"Came Near"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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\u201cWake up, Honey! You\u2019re ok. I\u2019m here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few nights ago, I had a nightmare, and Ron woke me up, comforting me. In my fear, he drew me near and held me close. The horrible dreams have become less and less over the years, but I still have them. Thank God for Ron, who came near and comforted me during those times, the Lord\u2019s hands and feet to me when needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we cry out to the Divine Protector in our fears, He comes near and comforts us. Wrapping us in His arms, our heavenly Father tells us, \u201cI\u2019m here. You\u2019re okay.\u201d Turning to God, we will find refuge in His arms. Throughout scripture, He tells us to \u201cFear not, for He is with us.\u201d We can rely on the Creator to protect His creation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whatever fears wake you at night, know God comes near when you call on Him. The Almighty didn\u2019t give us spirits of timidity but of boldness. Empowering us with His Spirit, we can rely on the Lord\u2019s presence to strengthen us and give us what we need to face the fears that plague us and defeat them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lord,
Thank You for hearing our cries, drawing near, and comforting us. Please help us live fearlessly for You today as we trust in Your divine protection, no matter our fears.
IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One-minute read. \u201cWake up, Honey! You\u2019re ok. I\u2019m here.\u201d A few nights ago, I had a nightmare, and Ron woke me up, comforting me. In my fear, he drew me near and held me close. The horrible dreams have become less and less over the years, but I still have them. Thank God for Ron,… Continue reading Came Near<\/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-12096","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\/12096","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=12096"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12100,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12096\/revisions\/12100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}