{"id":5234,"date":"2020-12-16T02:21:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T08:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nazareneblogs.org\/pastorscott\/?p=5234"},"modified":"2023-12-15T20:37:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T02:37:52","slug":"devotional-on-proverbs-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/devotional-on-proverbs-50\/","title":{"rendered":"Devotional on Proverbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure style=\"width: 375px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-iJuEGHdXI4c\/X3y83nkUBEI\/AAAAAAABG1A\/Jcn9HM6KzUANbwyePUVmA748RyaToktgQCPcBGAsYHg\/s500\/01umauma%2Bfalls.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" class=\"size-large\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">2004 &#8211; Big Island, Hawaii<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nFriends and family<br \/>\nProverbs 17: Friends love through all kinds of weather, and families stick together in all kinds of trouble.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve lived long enough to know that &#8220;all kinds of trouble&#8221; comes to every life.  Sooner or later its each person&#8217;s turn to face disappointment and be let down by people and circumstances or be betrayed by their own humanity.  At such times it becomes easier to see what and who matters the most to us.  I&#8217;m thankful today for family of both the &#8220;blood line&#8221; and the &#8220;relationship&#8221; variety.  There\u2019s power in positive relationships.  Even when we\u2019re at the end of ourselves, we can draw strength from those dear ones who stand with us.  I&#8217;m reminded today that, first, I need to appreciate precious friends and family and not take them for granted even though they love me enough that I could probably get away with it.  Also, I remember that I\u2019m privileged to be such a friend to some.  It&#8217;s an honor, but it\u2019s also a responsibility that I must take seriously no matter what the &#8220;weather.&#8221;<br \/>\nTake Away: Thank the Lord for friends and family and, thank the Lord for the privilege of being friend and family to others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friends and family Proverbs 17: Friends love through all kinds of weather, and families stick together in all kinds of trouble. I&#8217;ve lived long enough to know that &#8220;all kinds of trouble&#8221; comes to every life. Sooner or later its each person&#8217;s turn to face disappointment and be let down by people and circumstances or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1526,7],"tags":[147,342,345,376,1051],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5234"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5234"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14847,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5234\/revisions\/14847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}