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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nDaily Reading:<\/strong> 2 Kings 6:1-7:20<\/strong><\/a>, Acts 15:36-16:15<\/strong><\/a>, Psalm 142:1-7<\/strong><\/a>, Proverbs 17:24-25<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Daily Verse:<\/strong> \u201cA foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.\u201d Prov. 17:25<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bitter grief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nothing causes me more shame than thinking of the grief I caused my mother in my younger years with my shenanigans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI earned every gray hair I have,\u201d she told me many times. Parents never stop worrying, no matter what the age of their children. In ways, they worry more as kids get older. Someone once told me, \u201cYou\u2019re only as happy as your saddest child.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since God didn\u2019t bless us with kids, I will never know the truth of that statement. But I pray for parents regularly as they strive to raise their children to the best of their ability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As a child who made many foolish decisions in my youth, I pray for wandering souls searching for their way. God knows, my mother\u2019s prayers helped save me. Despite my many flaws, her unconditional love helped me find my way back to the Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Don\u2019t give up on your kids. The Lord does work miracles, and you never know when they will decide to make a U-turn and head in a different direction.<\/p>\n\n\n Lord, thank You for protecting us from our poor decisions. Praying for parents with wayward children, give them hope for a brighter future. Help the wandering hearts find their way back to You. IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One minute read. Daily Reading: 2 Kings 6:1-7:20, Acts 15:36-16:15, Psalm 142:1-7, Proverbs 17:24-25 Daily Verse: \u201cA foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.\u201d Prov. 17:25 Bitter grief. Nothing causes me more shame than thinking of the grief I caused my mother in my younger years with my… Continue reading Bitter Grief<\/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-8112","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\/8112","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=8112"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8116,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8112\/revisions\/8116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Beach-Wear-Etsy-Banner-1.jpg\")
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