{"id":12828,"date":"2025-07-20T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=12828"},"modified":"2025-06-21T06:30:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T11:30:30","slug":"everlasting-kindness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/20\/everlasting-kindness\/","title":{"rendered":"Everlasting Kindness"},"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\/White-and-Orange-Simple-Travel-Quote-Inspiration-Mobile-Video-Instagram-Post-45-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/White-and-Orange-Simple-Travel-Quote-Inspiration-Mobile-Video-Instagram-Post-45-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/White-and-Orange-Simple-Travel-Quote-Inspiration-Mobile-Video-Instagram-Post-45-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/White-and-Orange-Simple-Travel-Quote-Inspiration-Mobile-Video-Instagram-Post-45-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/White-and-Orange-Simple-Travel-Quote-Inspiration-Mobile-Video-Instagram-Post-45.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our actions anger God, but thankfully, He has everlasting kindness.&nbsp; You can\u2019t blame the Creator for getting upset when we do things we know we shouldn\u2019t do.&nbsp; After all the Lord does for us, we repay Him by knowingly disobeying His commands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For instance, when I visited Lowe\u2019s a few days ago, I became upset with the employees.&nbsp; Picking up a pre-made fence for my shop, the young girl took forever, which lit the flame of my anger.&nbsp; After watching people cut in line and ignore my presence, the fire grew.&nbsp; By the time I checked out and waited for help to retrieve my purchase, I had passed the no-return point.&nbsp; After waiting even longer, when I requested they call again, hearing, \u201cThey\u2019ll just have to be patient,\u201d blew the lid off the teapot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thankfully, I knew I had crossed into the danger zone.&nbsp; Grateful for Ron\u2019s presence, instead of releasing my rage and sinning in my anger, I sat in the truck and let my husband deal with the people I so badly wanted to annihilate with words.&nbsp; I&#8217;m sure I disappointed God in those moments, and I spent the next morning repenting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We serve a Creator who has everlasting kindness and compassion.&nbsp; Realizing we disappoint HIm helps us humble ourselves and receive God\u2019s mercy.<\/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 knowingly disobeyed God?<\/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 display everlasting kindness to today, even if they disappointed you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One-minute read. Our actions anger God, but thankfully, He has everlasting kindness.&nbsp; You can\u2019t blame the Creator for getting upset when we do things we know we shouldn\u2019t do.&nbsp; After all the Lord does for us, we repay Him by knowingly disobeying His commands. For instance, when I visited Lowe\u2019s a few days ago, I&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/20\/everlasting-kindness\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Everlasting Kindness<\/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-12828","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\/12828","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=12828"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12831,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12828\/revisions\/12831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}