{"id":12995,"date":"2025-08-19T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=12995"},"modified":"2025-07-30T10:31:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T15:31:50","slug":"divine-formation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/19\/divine-formation\/","title":{"rendered":"Divine Formation"},"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\/White-and-Blue-Modern-Mountain-Presentation-Instagram-Post-45-819x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12996\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/White-and-Blue-Modern-Mountain-Presentation-Instagram-Post-45-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/White-and-Blue-Modern-Mountain-Presentation-Instagram-Post-45-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/White-and-Blue-Modern-Mountain-Presentation-Instagram-Post-45-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/White-and-Blue-Modern-Mountain-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>Understanding the vastness of creation and the Creator can\u2019t happen from our human perspective. \u00a0Look around at your surroundings. Writing from my backyard, I see green grass, towering trees, and flowers in bloom, all of it created by God for us.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>\u201cIn the beginning God created the heavens and the earth\u201d Genesis 1:1<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Life began because God initiated it.\u00a0 When the earth had no shape, he gave it one.\u00a0 With four words, \u201cLet there be light,\u201d (Gen. 1:3) God dispelled the darkness, and the world came into existence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All of creation glorifies God.\u00a0 Watching the sunrise or set mesmerizes us with its beauty.\u00a0 The changing seasons illustrated the circle of life and the need for change.\u00a0 Waves crashing against the shore, coming from depths beyond our comprehension all the work of the Lord\u2019s hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As you enjoy these last days of summer, let the beauty of creation draw you closer to the Creator.&nbsp; Thank God for the beauty He created, and enjoy the blessings of nature.&nbsp; All the earth sings of the Lord\u2019s sovereignty, the work of His hands in every molecule, combined to form the world we know.<\/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\">Visit the beach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One-minute read. Understanding the vastness of creation and the Creator can\u2019t happen from our human perspective. \u00a0Look around at your surroundings. Writing from my backyard, I see green grass, towering trees, and flowers in bloom, all of it created by God for us.\u00a0 \u201cIn the beginning God created the heavens and the earth\u201d Genesis 1:1&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/19\/divine-formation\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Divine Formation<\/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-12995","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\/12995","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=12995"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13000,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12995\/revisions\/13000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}