{"id":13529,"date":"2025-11-06T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=13529"},"modified":"2025-10-24T08:37:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T13:37:37","slug":"wasted-breath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/11\/06\/wasted-breath\/","title":{"rendered":"Wasted Breath"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Wisdom poured from my mother\u2019s lips. As a Bible believing woman, she knew scripture inside and out. The sight of her standing on the front porch stoop, one hand holding the door open as she imparted whatever last words of advice she had for me, as I went to do whatever, will always live vibrantly in my mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A fool in my younger days, I only remembered one of Mom\u2019s quips after I experienced the fall, and realized she had tried to warn me about what would happen if I did this or that. Now that I\u2019m older, and she long ago moved to heaven, I realize how Mom must have felt like she wasted her breath on me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fools don\u2019t listen to wisdom. For whatever reason, usually a selfish one, they can\u2019t see the error of their way. Convinced that they know best, fools refuse to listen to advice, and often, after suffering the consequences of their actions, don\u2019t learn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thankfully, I did learn, and Mom\u2019s wisdom continues to impact my life as I try to live for Jesus. My mom set an incredible example for me, and the older I get, the more I realize the truth of that fact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everyone plays the fool at some point or another. With humility, we can recognize our mistakes and seek wise advice. But unteachable people won\u2019t listen to anything you or anyone else says. Maybe, like in my case, they will one day see their foolishness and decide to listen to wise advice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Never stop planting seeds of truth with love whenever you have the opportunity. Ask God to water and grow the kernels. Only the Lord knows the future, and we never know when someone will decide to try life the Creator\u2019s way. No wonder the angels rejoice when a sinner repents; humility leads to wisdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May we all become wiser as we pursue Jesus!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Journal Question:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

When did you play the fool?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In what ways have you ignored wise advice?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How can you plant seeds of wisdom today?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prayer<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Lord, thank You for writing down Your wisdom and giving it to us in scripture. Please help us see our foolish ways and seek You for divine understanding. Let us become wiser as we follow You.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two-minute read.   Wisdom poured from my mother\u2019s lips. As a Bible believing woman, she knew scripture inside and out. The sight of her standing on the front porch stoop, one hand holding the door open as she imparted whatever last words of advice she had for me, as I went to do whatever, will… Continue reading Wasted Breath<\/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-13529","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\/13529","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=13529"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13534,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13529\/revisions\/13534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}