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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nDaily Reading:<\/strong> Nehemiah 7:73-9:21<\/strong><\/a>, 1 Corinthians 9:1-18<\/strong><\/a>, Psalm 33:12-22<\/strong><\/a>, Proverbs 21:11-12<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Daily Verse: <\/strong>\u201cWhen\u00a0a scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise; when a wise man is instructed, he gains knowledge.\u201d Prov. 21:11<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Learned maturity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n No one comes into the world mature. Babies must learn to walk and talk, maturing with each year that passes. Maturity depends on a child or adult\u2019s ability to learn and grow from life experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Volunteering at Wave Camp, our church\u2019s vacation Bible school, one of my assistants recently graduated from high school. Sitting with her at the start of the second day, she shared with me her health issues, an autoimmune disease that required hospitalization and a feeding tube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBut I\u2019ve found my health problems draw me closer to God,\u201d she said during our conversation. Agreeing with her; she impressed me with her learned maturity from her health struggles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Age doesn\u2019t equate to maturity, but the ability to learn from life\u2019s circumstances does. Not even 18, my assistant showed more maturity than people I know in their 50s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Scoffers receive punishment, and the simple become wise by remaining teachable and learning life\u2019s lessons.<\/p>\n\n\n Lord, thank You for teaching us lessons through our life circumstances. Help us mature and grow as we remain teachable. Keep us moving forward, don\u2019t let us become stuck in foolishness. IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One minute read. Daily Reading: Nehemiah 7:73-9:21, 1 Corinthians 9:1-18, Psalm 33:12-22, Proverbs 21:11-12 Daily Verse: \u201cWhen\u00a0a scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise; when a wise man is instructed, he gains knowledge.\u201d Prov. 21:11 Learned maturity. No one comes into the world mature. Babies must learn to walk and talk, maturing with each year… Continue reading Learned Maturity<\/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-8389","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\/8389","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=8389"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8393,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8389\/revisions\/8393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8389"}],"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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