{"id":12944,"date":"2025-08-10T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=12944"},"modified":"2025-07-23T06:00:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T11:00:26","slug":"rejoice-in-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/10\/rejoice-in-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Rejoice in Today"},"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\/07\/Orange-and-Blue-Illustrative-Summer-Activity-Presentation-Instagram-Post-45-819x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Orange-and-Blue-Illustrative-Summer-Activity-Presentation-Instagram-Post-45-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Orange-and-Blue-Illustrative-Summer-Activity-Presentation-Instagram-Post-45-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Orange-and-Blue-Illustrative-Summer-Activity-Presentation-Instagram-Post-45-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Orange-and-Blue-Illustrative-Summer-Activity-Presentation-Instagram-Post-45.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twenty-one days left in August, summer\u2019s last days waning away.\u00a0 To celebrate the season, I thought we\u2019d have a summer fun challenge for the next three weeks, each day finding a new way to enjoy the carefree days of summer with simple pleasures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today\u2019s verse reminds us that God made this day.&nbsp; Rising from bed with breath in our lungs gives us a reason to praise the Lord.&nbsp; Whatever problems may lie before us, the Creator has the solution.&nbsp; Laying our burdens at the foot of the Cross, we can receive the Savior\u2019s strength and mercy to face the day ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rejoice in this day; it will never happen again.\u00a0 Let the Son warm your face with His love, allow His Spirit to guide your steps, and live abundantly in the Lord.\u00a0 Jesus came to give us new life, one that we can live fully and completely.\u00a0 Our best day on Earth pales in comparison to the joy we will experience when Christ calls us home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Until then, we can rejoice in God\u2019s blessings and live for Him, enjoying life to the fullest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rejoice, today is the day the Lord has made!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Summer Fun Activity:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Go swimming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One-minute read. Twenty-one days left in August, summer\u2019s last days waning away.\u00a0 To celebrate the season, I thought we\u2019d have a summer fun challenge for the next three weeks, each day finding a new way to enjoy the carefree days of summer with simple pleasures. Today\u2019s verse reminds us that God made this day.&nbsp; Rising&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/10\/rejoice-in-today\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rejoice in Today<\/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-12944","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\/12944","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=12944"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12947,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12944\/revisions\/12947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}