{"id":34,"date":"2013-07-02T14:45:20","date_gmt":"2013-07-02T19:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beyourself.com\/?p=34"},"modified":"2013-07-02T14:45:20","modified_gmt":"2013-07-02T19:45:20","slug":"thoughts-to-ponder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.beyourself.com\/?p=34","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts To Ponder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You know what? \u00a0The things that I pray for come into my life, in one way or another. \u00a0It may not seem like it at first and sometimes the answer seems more like a punch to the gut. \u00a0But when it&#8217;s all said and done, my prayers are answered. \u00a0Some people expect that when they pray for something, it will happen &#8211; just like that and just in the way that they want it to. \u00a0But it doesn&#8217;t work that way.. remember, &#8220;Thy will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven&#8221;. \u00a0Not my will or your will.. HIS will. \u00a0I feel pity for those who think that people who believe in Jesus and have faith, will live these perfect lives that are free from sin and pain. \u00a0This is not the case. \u00a0The Devil targets those with faith moreso than those without.. why? \u00a0Why shoot an animal that is already dead? \u00a0Why does the Devil need to win those that are already disbelievers? \u00a0Living for God, living a life pleasing to God is not easy. \u00a0It&#8217;s much easier living in sin and on the surface may seem more fun. \u00a0But what about the eternal rewards? \u00a0Does the temporary satisfaction of this world seem worth losing a place in with Jesus in eternity? \u00a0Isn&#8217;t there ever some small part of you that thinks that there is something missing in your life and you are trying to fill it with momentary or monetary things?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know what? \u00a0The things that I pray for come into my life, in one way or another. \u00a0It may not seem like it at first and sometimes the answer seems more like a punch to the gut. \u00a0But when &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beyourself.com\/?p=34\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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-34","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.beyourself.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.beyourself.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.beyourself.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.beyourself.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.beyourself.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blog.beyourself.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36,"href":"http:\/\/blog.beyourself.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions\/36"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.beyourself.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.beyourself.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.beyourself.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}