{"id":12688,"date":"2026-04-25T20:37:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T20:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/?page_id=12688"},"modified":"2026-04-25T20:50:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T20:50:32","slug":"preparedness-wednesday-april-29-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/preparedness-wednesday-april-29-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparedness\u00a0\u00a0&#8211; Wednesday, April 29, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A prudent\u00a0man\u00a0foreseeth\u00a0the evil, and\u00a0hideth\u00a0himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished \u2013 <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Proverbs 22:3<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI heard you have a big test coming up,&#8221; Grammy announced. \u00a0\u201cI do,&#8221; Junior solemnly responded. \u201cWhy so gloomy?&#8221;\u00a0 \u201cGrammy, the test is a retake.\u00a0 But what if I study, and I don&#8217;t get a better grade?&#8221; \u201cJunior, uncertainty comes with life. \u00a0\u00a0And the only way to deal with it is to do what you know is right, then trust God to take care of everything else. Preparing will always put you in a favorable position,&#8221; Grammy assured.<\/p>\n<p><em>Are you preparing for the outcome you want, or\u00a0are you worrying about the outcome you fear?<\/em> \u00a0This question came to mind as I began to ponder a future problem, an inevitability.\u00a0 My choices were: be proactive while the coast was clear\u2014strategize the best remedy; or be anxious over a potentially undesirable conclusion\u2014do nothing and wait for the hammer to drop. However, choosing the latter option would make the anticipated outcome almost certain.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m learning that advance notice of an oncoming train is a window of opportunity from God to get out of its way. So, are you expecting something unpleasant to happen in the near future?\u00a0 If so, this is the time to position yourself favorably by being prepared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A prudent\u00a0man\u00a0foreseeth\u00a0the evil, and\u00a0hideth\u00a0himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished \u2013 Proverbs 22:3 \u201cI heard you have a big test coming up,&#8221; Grammy announced. \u00a0\u201cI do,&#8221; Junior solemnly responded. \u201cWhy so gloomy?&#8221;\u00a0 \u201cGrammy, the test is a retake.\u00a0 But what if I study, and I don&#8217;t get a better grade?&#8221; \u201cJunior, uncertainty comes &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/preparedness-wednesday-april-29-2026\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Preparedness\u00a0\u00a0&#8211; Wednesday, April 29, 2026&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12688","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12688"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12693,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12688\/revisions\/12693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}