{"id":12448,"date":"2025-05-10T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=12448"},"modified":"2025-04-29T08:08:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T13:08:31","slug":"divine-comfort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/05\/10\/divine-comfort\/","title":{"rendered":"Divine Comfort"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One-minute read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Pink-Hello-May-Facebook-Post.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Pink-Hello-May-Facebook-Post.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Pink-Hello-May-Facebook-Post-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Pink-Hello-May-Facebook-Post-768x644.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes, God allows bad things into our lives to teach us lessons. A painful truth, the Creator knows we won\u2019t learn any other way. The Lord never promised a rose garden, but He did promise never to leave nor forsake us. When we find ourselves in the fire, we have company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>\u201cLook!\u201d he told them, \u201cI see four men walking untied and unharmed in the middle of the fire, and the appearance of the fourth resembles a divine being.\u201d<br>Daniel 3:25<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">When King Nebuchadnezzar threw Daniel and his friends into the fiery furnace for not worshipping him, God allowed it to happen. The blaze burned so hot that it killed the guards, who threw the men into the flames. But as the king watched, something miraculous happened: a fourth man appeared in the furnace, and the heat didn\u2019t scorch them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Because they endured the flames, Nebuchadnezzar ordered a decree that everyone must respect their God, <em>\u201cbecause there is no other God who can save like this\u201d (Daniel 3:29).<\/em> The Lord allowed fire into Daniel\u2019s life. God\u2019s servant went willingly into the flames, trusting the Lord to save him, one way or another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Jesus comforted Daniel in the flames, and He will comfort you. Whatever God allows in your life, He walks through it with you. Trust the Savior when life\u2019s fires engulf you, knowing He will keep you safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Prayer:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Lord,<br>Thank You for walking with us through the fires of life. Please comfort us when we face trials, and remind us of Your presence.<br>IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One-minute read. Sometimes, God allows bad things into our lives to teach us lessons. A painful truth, the Creator knows we won\u2019t learn any other way. The Lord never promised a rose garden, but He did promise never to leave nor forsake us. When we find ourselves in the fire, we have company. \u201cLook!\u201d he&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/05\/10\/divine-comfort\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Divine Comfort<\/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-12448","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\/12448","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=12448"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12453,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12448\/revisions\/12453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}