{"id":12794,"date":"2025-07-13T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=12794"},"modified":"2025-06-16T06:45:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T11:45:22","slug":"love-mercy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/13\/love-mercy\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Mercy"},"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=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Golden-Beige-Typographic-Minimalist-July-Instagram-Post-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Golden-Beige-Typographic-Minimalist-July-Instagram-Post-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Golden-Beige-Typographic-Minimalist-July-Instagram-Post-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Golden-Beige-Typographic-Minimalist-July-Instagram-Post-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Golden-Beige-Typographic-Minimalist-July-Instagram-Post.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>God desires a heart response from us, freely and willingly showing kindness to others for Him.&nbsp; Left to our devices, when someone hurts us, we may not show mercy.&nbsp; However, as we surrender our lives to Jesus and become more like Him, we should become more likable people. &nbsp; Walking humbly with the Lord means recognizing His constant presence in our lives and God\u2019s awareness of our actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watching the final of the US Open Golf tournament, it rained during the last part of the event, causing havoc for the players.&nbsp; As I watched the leaders fall, losing their hold on the title, their reaction amazed me.&nbsp; Yes, they showed frustration and disappointment in their play, but they also showed mercy for their fellow athletes, recognizing they all shared the pain of those moments.&nbsp; Freely giving kindness to their comrades, no one acted meanly; good athletes in the arena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the game of life, we have a choice of how we respond to the circumstances we find ourselves in today.&nbsp; We can choose kindness, to act justly and love mercy, walking humbly with our Creator.&nbsp; The more we practice God\u2019s ways, the more natural they will become, sharing the Lord\u2019s unconditional grace and mercy with all.<\/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\">When have you refused to offer mercy to someone?<\/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\">How can you freely give kindness and mercy away today?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One-minute read. God desires a heart response from us, freely and willingly showing kindness to others for Him.&nbsp; Left to our devices, when someone hurts us, we may not show mercy.&nbsp; However, as we surrender our lives to Jesus and become more like Him, we should become more likable people. &nbsp; Walking humbly with the&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/13\/love-mercy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Love Mercy<\/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-12794","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\/12794","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=12794"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12797,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12794\/revisions\/12797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}