{"id":12786,"date":"2025-07-11T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=12786"},"modified":"2025-06-14T06:26:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T11:26:31","slug":"no-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/11\/no-record\/","title":{"rendered":"No Record"},"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-and-Red-Simple-Welcome-July-Instagram-Post-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pink-and-Red-Simple-Welcome-July-Instagram-Post-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pink-and-Red-Simple-Welcome-July-Instagram-Post-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pink-and-Red-Simple-Welcome-July-Instagram-Post-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pink-and-Red-Simple-Welcome-July-Instagram-Post-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pink-and-Red-Simple-Welcome-July-Instagram-Post-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pink-and-Red-Simple-Welcome-July-Instagram-Post.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not keeping a record of others&#8217; faults requires intention.&nbsp; I can quickly list Ron\u2019s annoying traits, but instead of holding them against him, I thank the Lord for them.&nbsp; Each night when I hear his snoring, I praise God for having him in bed with me.&nbsp; After my father died, I remember my mom saying, \u201cI miss sleeping with him.\u201d&nbsp; Now I understand why; my father could saw some logs in his sleep, and the entire house heard him.&nbsp; But writing this on the 39th anniversary of his death, we have missed his presence and his snoring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead of focusing on people\u2019s wrongs, praise God for their presence in your life.&nbsp; Only the Lord knows the length of one\u2019s life.&nbsp; Not only does today mark Dad\u2019s homecoming, but also our flower girl\u2019s first anniversary of her move to heaven.&nbsp; God gave her to us for twenty years, and now she lives in glory with Him.&nbsp; Remembering the brevity of life helps us appreciate the people God gives us, no matter what they\u2019re shortcomings. And we all have faults.&nbsp; I don\u2019t want others keeping a list of mine, and so I try not to keep a list of theirs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Honor those in your life by putting their needs above yours, not letting anger control you, and keeping no record of their wrongs.&nbsp; Love them well and receive the joy of their presence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Journal Question:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">How can you let go of people\u2019s faults and honor them instead?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Random Act of Kindness:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Who can you honor today with an act of love?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One-minute read. Not keeping a record of others&#8217; faults requires intention.&nbsp; I can quickly list Ron\u2019s annoying traits, but instead of holding them against him, I thank the Lord for them.&nbsp; Each night when I hear his snoring, I praise God for having him in bed with me.&nbsp; After my father died, I remember my&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/11\/no-record\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">No Record<\/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-12786","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\/12786","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=12786"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12789,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12786\/revisions\/12789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}