{"id":8231,"date":"2023-07-17T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=8231"},"modified":"2023-06-24T17:45:14","modified_gmt":"2023-06-24T22:45:14","slug":"8231","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2023\/07\/17\/8231\/","title":{"rendered":"Wasted Time"},"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\/06\/Slothfulness-casts-into-a-deep-sleep-and-an-idle-person-will-suffer-hunger-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8232\" width=\"325\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Slothfulness-casts-into-a-deep-sleep-and-an-idle-person-will-suffer-hunger-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Slothfulness-casts-into-a-deep-sleep-and-an-idle-person-will-suffer-hunger-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Slothfulness-casts-into-a-deep-sleep-and-an-idle-person-will-suffer-hunger-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Slothfulness-casts-into-a-deep-sleep-and-an-idle-person-will-suffer-hunger-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Slothfulness-casts-into-a-deep-sleep-and-an-idle-person-will-suffer-hunger-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Slothfulness-casts-into-a-deep-sleep-and-an-idle-person-will-suffer-hunger.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Daily Reading:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1+Chronicles+24%3A1-26%3A11+&amp;version=ESV\"><strong>1 Chronicles 24:1-26:11<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Romans+4%3A1-12+&amp;version=ESV\"><strong>, <\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Romans+4%3A1-12+&amp;version=ESV\"><strong>Romans 4:1-12<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm+13%3A1-6+&amp;version=ESV\"><strong>, <\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm+13%3A1-6+&amp;version=ESV\"><strong>Psalm 13:1-6<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Proverbs+19%3A15-16&amp;version=ESV\"><strong>, <\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Proverbs+19%3A15-16&amp;version=ESV\"><strong>Proverbs 19:15-16<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Daily Verse: <\/strong><em>\u201cSlothfulness casts into\u00a0a deep sleep,\u00a0and\u00a0an idle person will suffer hunger.\u201d Prov. 19:15<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wasted time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Signifying lethargy, slothfulness wastes time and loses money. In Hebrew, the word means complete inactivity. Instead of providing for themselves and their family, slothful people sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Laziness drives me crazy. Working in one of my larger stores during my retail days, I had the entire department torn apart. Merchandise stacked around fixtures, waiting for placement, described the work ahead of me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI hate it when there\u2019s nothing to do,\u201d the young associate working the department said to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My mind raged; you can\u2019t see one thing to do in this merchandise nightmare. She stood at the register the entire time, not once offering to help me\u2014one of my most memorable ten-hour days, working with a slothful person who had no motivation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Laziness doesn\u2019t provide anything for anyone, but hard work has many rewards and fulfills your basic needs.<\/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, forgive us for our laziness. Thank You for the ability to work and the provision that comes from it. Motivate us to work hard, reaping the wards from it as we provide for ourselves and our families. IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One minute read. Daily Reading: 1 Chronicles 24:1-26:11, Romans 4:1-12, Psalm 13:1-6, Proverbs 19:15-16 Daily Verse: \u201cSlothfulness casts into\u00a0a deep sleep,\u00a0and\u00a0an idle person will suffer hunger.\u201d Prov. 19:15 Wasted time. Signifying lethargy, slothfulness wastes time and loses money. In Hebrew, the word means complete inactivity. Instead of providing for themselves and their family, slothful people&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2023\/07\/17\/8231\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wasted Time<\/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-8231","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\/8231","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=8231"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8236,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8231\/revisions\/8236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}