{"id":8046,"date":"2023-06-13T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=8046"},"modified":"2023-05-28T05:56:12","modified_gmt":"2023-05-28T10:56:12","slug":"8046","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2023\/06\/13\/8046\/","title":{"rendered":"Unwholesome Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Daily Reading:<\/strong> 1 Kings 11:1-12:19<\/strong><\/a>, Acts 9:1-25<\/strong><\/a>, Psalm 131:1-3<\/strong><\/a>, Proverbs 17:4-5<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Verse: <\/strong>\u201cWhoever mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.\u201d Prov. 17:5<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unwholesome speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mocking the poor and misfortunate shows contempt for God and His sovereignty. God controls our destiny; material things don\u2019t determine a person\u2019s worth. People\u2019s temporary circumstances don\u2019t indicate their value to the Creator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In my life, I\u2019ve met people from both ends of the spectrum, incredibly wealthy and extremely poor. The happiest souls and most peaceful hearts didn\u2019t have bank accounts or homes with windows and doors. Singing praise songs in the concrete room in El Salvador, a chicken in the plastic chair beside me, and off-key voices worshipping the Creator ranks as one of the most joyous and educational moments of my life following Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe rich and the poor meet together; the Lord is the Maker of them all.\u201d Prov. 22:2<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Connect with people instead of mocking them. Just because financial circumstances differ doesn\u2019t mean God doesn\u2019t love them. Our Creator made us all for different purposes; only He knows the end game. Don\u2019t mock what the Lord made.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Lord, forgive us for mocking those less fortunate than us. Please help us see people through Your lens. Let us value the lives of those around us, honoring and serving them as You would have us do. In all things, let You receive the glory. IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One minute read. Daily Reading: 1 Kings 11:1-12:19, Acts 9:1-25, Psalm 131:1-3, Proverbs 17:4-5 Daily Verse: \u201cWhoever mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.\u201d Prov. 17:5 Unwholesome speech. Mocking the poor and misfortunate shows contempt for God and His sovereignty. God controls our destiny; material things don\u2019t determine a… Continue reading Unwholesome Speech<\/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-8046","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\/8046","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=8046"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8050,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8046\/revisions\/8050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}