{"id":8506,"date":"2023-09-01T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=8506"},"modified":"2023-08-04T11:46:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T16:46:40","slug":"8506","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2023\/09\/01\/8506\/","title":{"rendered":"Divine Judgment"},"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\/08\/Bright-Pink-Customer-Quote-Feedback-Instagram-Post-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8508\" width=\"329\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Bright-Pink-Customer-Quote-Feedback-Instagram-Post-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Bright-Pink-Customer-Quote-Feedback-Instagram-Post-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Bright-Pink-Customer-Quote-Feedback-Instagram-Post-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Bright-Pink-Customer-Quote-Feedback-Instagram-Post-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Bright-Pink-Customer-Quote-Feedback-Instagram-Post-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Bright-Pink-Customer-Quote-Feedback-Instagram-Post.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Daily Reading:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Job+40%3A1-42%3A17+&amp;version=NIV\"><strong>Job 40:1-42:17<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=+2+Cor.+5%3A11-21&amp;version=NIV\"><strong>&nbsp;2 Cor. 5:11-21<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm+45%3A1-17&amp;version=NIV\"><strong>Psalm 45:1-17<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Proverbs+22%3A14&amp;version=NIV\"><strong>, Proverbs 22:14<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Daily Verse:<\/strong> <em>\u201cThe mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit; a man who is under the Lord\u2019s wrath falls into it.\u201d Prov. 22:14<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Divine judgment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When people don\u2019t follow God, they quickly fall for seductive words, which lead them into a pit. Placing faith in an imperfect human instead of the Divine Lord will take people places they never wanted to go. Whether an adulteress or some other folly, succumbing to the temptation deals out punishment for the sin.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cleaning out my father-in-law\u2019s house after his death, we found non-lethal squirrel traps. Rectangular metal wire had spring-loaded doors with sensitive triggers that quickly trapped the varmints. Using his attic as their kingdom, he trapped and released them in a nearby park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Succumbing to seductive words traps us into a pit we can\u2019t escape alone. Like the squirrels, playing in areas we shouldn\u2019t leads us into traps. But the love of our heavenly Father helps us find freedom when we turn to Him, repent of our sins, and follow a different path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t get caught in a trap because you veer off the straight and narrow. Keep your eyes focused on Jesus; He will lead you away from trouble.<\/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 disobeying You. Please help us turn from our foolish ways, repent of our sins and find freedom in You.\u00a0 Lead us in the direction we should go, away from evil and into the abundant life in Christ. IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One minute read. Daily Reading: Job 40:1-42:17, &nbsp;2 Cor. 5:11-21, Psalm 45:1-17, Proverbs 22:14 Daily Verse: \u201cThe mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit; a man who is under the Lord\u2019s wrath falls into it.\u201d Prov. 22:14 Divine judgment. When people don\u2019t follow God, they quickly fall for seductive words, which lead them&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2023\/09\/01\/8506\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Divine Judgment<\/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-8506","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\/8506","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=8506"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8514,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8506\/revisions\/8514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}