{"id":12719,"date":"2025-07-08T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=12719"},"modified":"2025-06-06T05:22:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T10:22:41","slug":"love-in-deed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/08\/love-in-deed\/","title":{"rendered":"Love in Deed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Have you ever encountered people who talk a good talk, but don\u2019t walk a good walk?  I have, and I don\u2019t have much time for them.  A question I commonly ask, \u201cHow can you have a relationship with someone you can\u2019t trust?\u201d  Untrustworthy people have a lot to say, but never follow through on their promises.  Jesus didn\u2019t talk about what we should do; He did it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile Jesus was having dinner at Matthew\u2019s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples.\u201d Matthew 10:9<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christ came for the lost.  The Savior loved sinners from the moment He arrived, offering all salvation through Him.  To meet the Samaritan woman, shunned by society, Jesus walked miles out of His way in the heat.  Crossing the sea in a storm, Christ did it to heal the demon-possessed man.  And when the 5000 needed fed, He fed them.  The Lord forgave the adulterous woman, healed the blind, and cured the leper.  Then He gave us one command to follow: love God and others, not in word, but in deed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take a note out of Jesus\u2019s book, make love a verb in your life that never stops.  Whoever God places before you, find a way to love them.  Actively show the Savior\u2019s love for others with your actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Journal Question:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

How has Jesus loved you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Random Act of Kindness:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

What can you do to love in deed today?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One-minute read. Have you ever encountered people who talk a good talk, but don\u2019t walk a good walk?  I have, and I don\u2019t have much time for them.  A question I commonly ask, \u201cHow can you have a relationship with someone you can\u2019t trust?\u201d  Untrustworthy people have a lot to say, but never follow through… Continue reading Love in Deed<\/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-12719","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\/12719","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=12719"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12723,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12719\/revisions\/12723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}