{"id":6170,"date":"2022-07-15T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/?p=6170"},"modified":"2022-06-10T09:16:17","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T14:16:17","slug":"faithlessness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2022\/07\/15\/faithlessness\/","title":{"rendered":"FAITHLESSNESS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2 minute read.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Faithlessness.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6171\" width=\"327\" height=\"312\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Daily Reading:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1+Chronicles+19%3A1-21%3A30&amp;version=ESV\">1 Chronicles 19:1-21:30 ESV<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Romans+2%3A25-3%3A8+&amp;version=ESV\">Romans 2:25-3:8 ESV<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm+11%3A1-7+&amp;version=ESV\">Psalm 11:1-7 ESV<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Proverbs+19%3A10-12+&amp;version=ESV\">Proverbs 19:10-12 ESV<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Daily Verse:<\/strong> \u201cWhat if some were unfaithful?&nbsp;Does their<em> faithlessness<\/em> nullify the faithfulness of God?\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Romans%203%3A3%20&amp;version=ESV\">Romans 3:3 ESV<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>APISTEO (569): <\/strong>\u201cTo be unbelieving and is translated disbeliever implying that the unbeliever has had a full opportunity of believing and has rejected it.\u201d<a id=\"_ednref1\" href=\"#_edn1\">[i]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rejected belief.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paul brings up an interesting point, God\u2019s faithfulness versus humans.&nbsp; Everyone has moments of faithlessness, even me.&nbsp; But God never does.&nbsp; When we doubt, God remains faithful.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In my mind, I hear my mother\u2019s voice, \u201cYe of little faith.\u201d&nbsp; She said the words to me when I doubted God.&nbsp; Her words made me pause and think every time she said them.&nbsp; \u201cWhat does she know I don\u2019t know?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My mother\u2019s devout faith grew from her earthly struggles. &nbsp;Unexpectedly losing her father at five during the 1930\u2019s depression, mom knew hardship.&nbsp;&nbsp; Grandma sold eggs and took in laundry to make ends meet.&nbsp; They never went without food or shelter, but they had a rugged path to walk.&nbsp; From her challenges, mom\u2019s faith grew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>God never leaves.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What my mother learned amid her darkest days, God never left her.&nbsp; He remained faithful when she doubted.&nbsp; Decades later, her enduring faith made it easy to say, \u201cYe of little faith,\u201d to her daughter, who had little experience with life&#8217;s difficulties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">God\u2019s always faithful, especially when we doubt.&nbsp; From our perspective, God seems inactive, but He\u2019s not.&nbsp; The Creator&#8217;s plan began unfolding long ago and will continue through eternity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a world of self-entitlement, people struggle to realize that the earth doesn\u2019t revolve around them.&nbsp; Just because someone doesn\u2019t get what they want or think they deserve doesn\u2019t mean God doesn\u2019t care.&nbsp; None of us deserve anything we have.&nbsp; All sinners, the penalty remains the same, death.&nbsp; But Jesus paid the price so we could live life condemnation free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Remember my mother\u2019s words when you doubt, \u201cYe of little faith.\u201d&nbsp; God will bring you through the storm.&nbsp; Just because you doubt doesn\u2019t mean God\u2019s not with you.&nbsp; Give the situation time; you\u2019ll look back one day and understand.&nbsp; But for now, just believe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a id=\"_edn1\" href=\"#_ednref1\">[i]<\/a> Strong, J., &amp; Strong, J. (2010). <em>The New Strong&#8217;s expanded exhaustive concordance of the Bible<\/em>. <em>Greek Dictionary of the New Testament<\/em> (p. 34) Thomas Nelson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/bookcover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/bookcover.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/bookcover-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/bookcover-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Three-Word-Prayers-Everyday-Living-ebook\/dp\/B09JT3B6CW\/ref=sr_1_2?crid=18UKNZFIIDIEA&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=three+word+prayers&amp;qid=1635775169&amp;sprefix=three+word+prayers%2Caps%2C69&amp;sr=8-2\">Check out my new release on Amazon<\/a>. 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Daily Reading: 1 Chronicles 19:1-21:30 ESV, Romans 2:25-3:8 ESV, Psalm 11:1-7 ESV, Proverbs 19:10-12 ESV Daily Verse: \u201cWhat if some were unfaithful?&nbsp;Does their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God?\u201d (Romans 3:3 ESV) APISTEO (569): \u201cTo be unbelieving and is translated disbeliever implying that the unbeliever has had a full opportunity of believing&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2022\/07\/15\/faithlessness\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">FAITHLESSNESS<\/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-6170","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\/6170","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=6170"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6178,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6170\/revisions\/6178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}