{"id":3162,"date":"2010-04-27T11:35:53","date_gmt":"2010-04-27T16:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/?p=3162"},"modified":"2011-10-01T08:08:39","modified_gmt":"2011-10-01T13:08:39","slug":"proverbs-soap-diligence-consideration-and-duty-will-be-rewarded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/proverbs-soap-diligence-consideration-and-duty-will-be-rewarded\/","title":{"rendered":"Proverbs SOAP: Diligence, consideration and duty will be rewarded"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>A Chapter of Proverbs a Day&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Scripture:<\/strong> Proverbs 27: 18<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Observation:<\/strong> Diligence, consideration and duty will be rewarded.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Application:<\/strong> Perhaps God is saying here that we should tend to the tasks set before us diligently, and that this will reap reward and honor. I&#8217;m not sure how to address the part about looking after my master, except that perhaps I should be caring well for those who rely on me.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer:<\/strong> Lord, thank you for this reminder that you want me to be diligent in the jobs ahead of me. Laziness will not bring a reward, but diligence will enable me to see the fruits of my labor. When I am feeling lazy, please bring these words to my mind, Lord, so that I will remember that I am called to work well. And please replace my selfishness with love and compassion as I am caring for others. Thank for the privilege of caring for those you put under my care. When I am tired and cranky and don&#8217;t want to do another thing, please remind me of your love and the privilege I have in caring for others as your daughter and loved servant.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>PS:<\/strong> Thank you so much for all your input from my<a href=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/26\/proverbs-soap-a-call-for-your-help-on-foolishness\/\" target=\"_blank\"> SOAP confusion yesterday.<\/a> I really appreciate your help!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Chapter of Proverbs a Day&#8230; Scripture: Proverbs 27: 18 He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored. Observation: Diligence, consideration and duty will be rewarded. Application: Perhaps God is saying here that we should tend to the tasks set before us diligently, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[370,18],"tags":[188],"class_list":["post-3162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogging-proverbs","category-soap","tag-proverbs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3162"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9290,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3162\/revisions\/9290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}