{"id":12975,"date":"2025-08-15T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=12975"},"modified":"2025-07-29T06:59:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T11:59:50","slug":"our-shepherd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/15\/our-shepherd\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Shepherd"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Personally involved in our lives, the Lord shepherds us through life, vigilant and caring. He makes sure we reach our eternal destination with Him. Sheep need guidance, as they constantly stray off the beaten path without realizing it. And vulnerable, they require protection from the many enemies, big and small, that prey on them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As God\u2019s children, we act like sheep. When we see a shiny, new object, we can easily follow it to our demise. Worldly ways often appear as the key to immediate happiness, but in the end, cause us heartache. In the same way, scripture tells us the devil prowls around looking for ways to cause us misery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thankfully, we have a personal Shepherd who knows each one of us inside and out because He created us. Following Him will lead us to green pastures and restful sleep, having everything we need to persevere through the day\u2019s troubles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen for the Shepherd\u2019s voice in His life. Follow the Holy Spirit\u2019s promptings and trust that when things don\u2019t go as planned, God has a better way that will lead to greener pastures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lord is our Shepherd; we have all that we need in Him; we lack nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Summer Fun Activity:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Go fishing or crabbing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One-minute read. Personally involved in our lives, the Lord shepherds us through life, vigilant and caring. He makes sure we reach our eternal destination with Him. Sheep need guidance, as they constantly stray off the beaten path without realizing it. And vulnerable, they require protection from the many enemies, big and small, that prey on… Continue reading Our Shepherd<\/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-12975","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\/12975","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=12975"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12979,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12975\/revisions\/12979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}