{"id":12729,"date":"2025-07-10T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=12729"},"modified":"2025-06-13T06:20:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T11:20:30","slug":"bless-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/10\/bless-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Bless Others"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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When someone offends us, our initial response wants to strike back. God calls us to take the high road, not repaying evil for evil, but going the extra mile and blessing them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Someone causing us pain with malicious intent can make us want to inflict harm on them.\u00a0 The better we know a person, the more we know their secrets and can exploit them for our gain.\u00a0 But Jesus wants us to turn to Him and ask for help.\u00a0 Allowing the Holy Spirit to guide our actions will lead us down the righteous path, restoring our relationship instead of destroying it, and showing us how we can bless others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enemies come in all forms and fashions, from stranger to friend. How we respond when offended speaks volumes about who we follow.  If Jesus takes the lead in our lives, instead of striking back, we\u2019ll bless them.  Allowing God to soften our hearts helps us gain insight into the other person\u2019s actions.  With understanding, returning evil with a blessing becomes easier, which helps us honor and glorify God instead of perpetuating the hurt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

What happened the last time you experienced an evil act?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

How can you repay evil with a blessing today?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One-minute read. When someone offends us, our initial response wants to strike back. God calls us to take the high road, not repaying evil for evil, but going the extra mile and blessing them. Someone causing us pain with malicious intent can make us want to inflict harm on them.\u00a0 The better we know a… Continue reading Bless Others<\/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-12729","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\/12729","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=12729"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12785,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12729\/revisions\/12785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}