{"id":595,"date":"2019-03-08T04:00:06","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T04:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/?p=588"},"modified":"2019-03-08T04:00:06","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T04:00:06","slug":"be-wise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2019\/03\/08\/be-wise\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Wise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[\n<p>Reach Proverb Chapter 8.<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n<p>Listen to instruction and be wise; don\u2019t ignore it.\u201d &nbsp;Proverbs 8:33 CSB<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n<p>A few years back, my husband and I bought a cheap metal shed. &nbsp;We wondered why it was such a good price.  As soon as we started putting it together, we quickly realized why: it had a myriad of parts to it which required hours and hours of work to put it together. &nbsp;In fact, we couldn\u2019t do it ourselves, we had to have friends come and help us.<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n<p>We realized quickly as we began the project, we couldn\u2019t do it without the instructions. &nbsp;We had to follow them step by step in order to put the shed together correctly.  I had all of the pieces set out in order of the steps, trying to make the process easier. &nbsp;It was a thankless job, that required much patience and perseverance.  Even with help it took two days to complete.<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n<p>What if we had listened to instruction? &nbsp;What if we had asked people who had experience with sheds for their input before we bought the cheapest one? We would of been wiser. Maybe we would have spent a little more money, but it would have been worth it for the time and energy it saved us. &nbsp;But we didn\u2019t do that, we ignored instruction and did it the hard way.  We weren\u2019t wise.<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n<p>The book of Proverbs is an instruction manual for us. &nbsp;There are so many valuable insights into living life, some of which we\u2019ve already talked about. &nbsp;Why not read the instruction manual before you try to do it alone?  Why not become wiser in your living, allowing you to avoid some potential danger zones? &nbsp;Even if it helps you avoid just one heart ache, isn\u2019t it worth it?<br \/><\/p>\n]]>\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/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-595","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\/595","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=595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}