{"id":12743,"date":"2025-06-23T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=12743"},"modified":"2025-06-06T07:13:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T12:13:35","slug":"great-spoil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/06\/23\/great-spoil\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Spoil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One-minute read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pink-Brush-Strokes-Hello-June-Instagram-Post-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pink-Brush-Strokes-Hello-June-Instagram-Post-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pink-Brush-Strokes-Hello-June-Instagram-Post-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pink-Brush-Strokes-Hello-June-Instagram-Post-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pink-Brush-Strokes-Hello-June-Instagram-Post-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pink-Brush-Strokes-Hello-June-Instagram-Post-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pink-Brush-Strokes-Hello-June-Instagram-Post.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a kid, I loved to go on imaginary treasure hunts.\u00a0 One stands out in my mind more than most.\u00a0 Arriving at summer camp, we had the opportunity to go exploring.\u00a0 Leading my newfound friends, I found a cave.\u00a0 Without qualms, I rushed into the dark cavern, sure we would find hidden treasure within its midst.\u00a0 Alas, we did not, but I still remember the feeling of adventure from that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mining God\u2019s word and discovering its secrets yields wondrous treasures.\u00a0 The more I learn about scripture, the more the context and continuity amaze me.\u00a0 Ruth, my favorite book in the Bible, came from the Moabite clan.\u00a0 I learned that the Moabites came from the illicit conception of Moab from Lot and his eldest daughter, who tricked her father into sleeping with her by getting him drunk.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Moabites, pagans, worshipped false gods, but when Ruth married Mahlon, a Judean refugee, she encountered the true God and became a believer.\u00a0 From dire beginnings, the Moabitess became the great-grandmother of David and secured a place in the lineage of Christ. \u00a0Ruth\u2019s story of redemption reminds me of God\u2019s grace and mercy for ordinary people who choose to trust and follow Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mine scripture and find great spoils that will draw you deeper into a relationship with the Savior, and help you trust God\u2019s word more and more.<\/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,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Thank You for the riches found in Your word.&nbsp; Please help us learn more and more about the treasures of scripture and apply it to our lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One-minute read. As a kid, I loved to go on imaginary treasure hunts.\u00a0 One stands out in my mind more than most.\u00a0 Arriving at summer camp, we had the opportunity to go exploring.\u00a0 Leading my newfound friends, I found a cave.\u00a0 Without qualms, I rushed into the dark cavern, sure we would find hidden treasure&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/06\/23\/great-spoil\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Great Spoil<\/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-12743","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\/12743","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=12743"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12747,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12743\/revisions\/12747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}