{"id":6465,"date":"2022-09-04T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-04T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/?p=6465"},"modified":"2022-09-04T08:10:55","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T13:10:55","slug":"repentance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2022\/09\/04\/repentance\/","title":{"rendered":"REPENTANCE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Daily Reading: <\/strong>Ecclesiastes 7:1-9:18 ESV<\/a>, 2 Corinthians 7:8-16 ESV<\/a>, Psalm 48:1-14 ESV<\/a>, Proverbs 22:17-19 ESV<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Verse: <\/strong>\u201cFor godly grief produces a repentance<\/em> that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.\u201d (2 Corinthians 7:10 ESV<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AMETAMELETOS (278): <\/strong>\u201cAs an adjective, means \u201cnot repented of\u201d and is translated \u201cnot to be repented of\u201d 2 Cor. 7:10.\u201d[i]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not repented.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul describes two ways to react to pain or sorrow.  When we have Godly repentance, it leads to a change of heart, a submittance to Jesus which doesn\u2019t cause regret.  But when we respond in a worldly manner, we experience bitterness and resentment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few weeks ago, the pastor challenged us.  What do we do when God says no?  Godly responses show humility; worldly responses show pride.  Everyone will suffer in life, one way or another.  Some people experience physical ailments, others financial or emotional; pain happens to everyone.  How we respond when difficulties arise makes the difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a child, I internalized the lie, \u201cNo one cares about me,\u201d because my parents yanked me from one life to another.\u00a0 My juvenile eyes couldn\u2019t understand; they made a move to offer my siblings and me more opportunities.\u00a0 Instead, I responded with worldly grief, producing bitterness and resentment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Godly grief.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When life threw me a curve ball, I had a choice in my response.  Instead of responding with a victim mentality, I could have submitted to God\u2019s guidance.  Looking back forty years later, if we hadn\u2019t moved, I wouldn\u2019t have experienced the things I have.  Nor would I have met my husband.  But my short-sighted view didn\u2019t allow me to see the possibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Submitting to God\u2019s sovereignty means trusting when life goes in a different direction; God does have a plan.  What surprises us doesn\u2019t surprise God.  Everything works to the good for those who believe, trusting His calling on their life (Romans 8:28<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Life comes with pain; everyone feels it at some point.  How we respond to suffering shows our heart.  Trusting God means understanding we won\u2019t have all the answers, but we know the one who does.  When nothing else makes sense, we can rely on God\u2019s promises to carry us through.  One day, we\u2019ll look back and realize God had a plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lay your hurt at the foot of the cross.  Ask God to comfort your broken heart, trusting He will redeem all things in His time.  Don\u2019t let bitterness and resentment take root; find life to the fullest with godly grief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[i]<\/a> Strong, J., & Strong, J. (2010). The New Strong’s expanded exhaustive concordance of the Bible<\/em>. Greek Dictionary of the New Testament<\/em> (p. 16) Thomas Nelson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2 minute read. Daily Reading: Ecclesiastes 7:1-9:18 ESV, 2 Corinthians 7:8-16 ESV, Psalm 48:1-14 ESV, Proverbs 22:17-19 ESV Daily Verse: \u201cFor godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.\u201d (2 Corinthians 7:10 ESV) AMETAMELETOS (278): \u201cAs an adjective, means \u201cnot repented of\u201d and is translated \u201cnot to be repented… Continue reading REPENTANCE<\/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-6465","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\/6465","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=6465"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6875,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6465\/revisions\/6875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}