{"id":13620,"date":"2025-11-17T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=13620"},"modified":"2025-11-04T08:46:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T13:46:58","slug":"do-not-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/11\/17\/do-not-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Not Know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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\u201c\u2026when we went to bed, we had no idea what we would be facing starting the next day. Hold your loved ones near. Forgive quickly. Make the most of each day. Don\u2019t sweat the small stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A spiritual mentor\u2019s social media post exemplifies today\u2019s verse. She lost her husband after a brief battle with cancer. Showing no physical symptoms, he had a pain in his side that took them to the hospital, where they discovered he had a rare form of cancer that would take his life in less than a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adding a P.S. to her post, my friend shared that we don\u2019t know what the future holds\u2014not five minutes from now or five days from now. None of us controls life, nor knows how long we or any of our loved ones will live. And we shouldn\u2019t think we do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her wise words come from the heartache of loss. Since we don\u2019t know what tomorrow will bring, we should enjoy what we have today, hold our loved ones close, forgive quickly, and not sweat the small stuff. Instead of boasting about tomorrow, we should say, \u201cGod willing\u2026this or that.\u201d Only the Lord knows what tomorrow holds, and in His time, He reveals it to us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until then, we can make the most of now by thanking God for what we do have rather than what we don\u2019t. A favorite news podcast I listen to ends every Friday with the same line, \u201cGod willing, we\u2019ll see you back here on Monday.\u201d Nine words reveal the truth; the journalists understand they don\u2019t know what tomorrow holds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead of boasting about tomorrow, put it in the Lord\u2019s hands and live in the moment. When speaking about the future, say, \u201cGod willing, I will do this or that.\u201d Use the phrase as a reminder of today\u2019s verse and the fragility of life. Don\u2019t miss out on what the Creator has for you in this day, trusting He\u2019s got the future covered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Journal Question:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

How do you boast about tomorrow?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In what ways can you begin living more in the moment?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How does trusting God for tomorrow affect you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Lord, thank You for having all our tomorrows in Your hands. Please let us live fully in the moment, learning and loving as You would have us to do. Let us trust You not only with tomorrow, but today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Two-minute read. \u201c\u2026when we went to bed, we had no idea what we would be facing starting the next day. Hold your loved ones near. Forgive quickly. Make the most of each day. Don\u2019t sweat the small stuff.\u201d A spiritual mentor\u2019s social media post exemplifies today\u2019s verse. She lost her husband after a brief battle… Continue reading Do Not Know<\/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-13620","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\/13620","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=13620"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13626,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13620\/revisions\/13626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}