{"id":7658,"date":"2023-04-01T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-01T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=7658"},"modified":"2023-03-13T09:20:10","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T14:20:10","slug":"7658","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2023\/04\/01\/7658\/","title":{"rendered":"God Loves Animals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One minute read.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Whoever-is-righteous-has-regard-for-the-life-of-his-beast-but-the-mercy-of-the-wicked-is-cruel.-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7659\" width=\"347\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Whoever-is-righteous-has-regard-for-the-life-of-his-beast-but-the-mercy-of-the-wicked-is-cruel.-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Whoever-is-righteous-has-regard-for-the-life-of-his-beast-but-the-mercy-of-the-wicked-is-cruel.-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Whoever-is-righteous-has-regard-for-the-life-of-his-beast-but-the-mercy-of-the-wicked-is-cruel.-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Whoever-is-righteous-has-regard-for-the-life-of-his-beast-but-the-mercy-of-the-wicked-is-cruel.-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Whoever-is-righteous-has-regard-for-the-life-of-his-beast-but-the-mercy-of-the-wicked-is-cruel.-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Whoever-is-righteous-has-regard-for-the-life-of-his-beast-but-the-mercy-of-the-wicked-is-cruel..jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 347px) 100vw, 347px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Daily Reading:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Deuteronomy+18%3A1-+20%3A20&amp;version=ESV\"><strong>Deuteronomy 18:1-20:20<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Luke+9%3A28-50&amp;version=ESV\"><strong>Luke 9:28-50<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm+73%3A1-28&amp;version=ESV\"><strong>Psalm 73:1-28<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Proverbs+12%3A10&amp;version=ESV\"><strong>Proverbs 12:10<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Daily Verse:<\/strong> <em>\u201cWhoever is righteous has regard for the life of his beast, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.\u201d Prov. 12:10<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>God loves animals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a dog mom of two rescues, I love pets. The comfort I gain from snuggling with my pups far outweighs their imperfections. But both dogs started life out with people who didn\u2019t treat them well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Little Sophia, only 7 pounds, spent the first two years of her life neglected in a cage. Neighbors finally called animal control, who rescued her emancipated body, weighing half of her normal weight. To this day, she shrinks in fright from strangers, even though we\u2019ve adored her for ten years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rocco ended up abandoned on the street to fend for himself. When we rescued him, he needed much love and care to bring him back to health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How people treat animals shows their heart. God created the beasts of the earth and gave us dominion over them. Treating them poorly doesn\u2019t mirror God\u2019s love for His creation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Animals sense a soft heart and respond accordingly. Mistreating the beasts of the earth doesn\u2019t reflect God\u2019s mercy. But loving them well does.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Beach-Wear-Etsy-Banner-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Beach-Wear-Etsy-Banner-1.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Beach-Wear-Etsy-Banner-1-300x39.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Lord, thank You for our pets and the love they share with us. Help us care for Your creation well, honoring You with our words and actions. In all things, let us glorify You with our acts of love. IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One minute read. Daily Reading: Deuteronomy 18:1-20:20, Luke 9:28-50, Psalm 73:1-28, Proverbs 12:10 Daily Verse: \u201cWhoever is righteous has regard for the life of his beast, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.\u201d Prov. 12:10 God loves animals. As a dog mom of two rescues, I love pets. The comfort I gain from snuggling&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2023\/04\/01\/7658\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">God Loves Animals<\/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-7658","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\/7658","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=7658"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7661,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7658\/revisions\/7661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}