{"id":12792,"date":"2026-05-17T18:57:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T18:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/?page_id=12792"},"modified":"2026-05-17T19:04:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T19:04:47","slug":"layers-1-tuesday-may-19-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/layers-1-tuesday-may-19-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Layers\u00a0(1) &#8211; Tuesday, May 19, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment \u2013 <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>John 7:24<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>One of the most memorable scenes in the movie <em>Heat<\/em> occurs at a diner when Vincent, a police lieutenant, comes face-to-face with his target, Neil. It is then that Vincent refutes his image of having a &#8220;regular type life&#8221; by saying, \u201cNo, my life\u2019s a disaster zone.\u201d He shares aspects of his dysfunctional home, an emotionally fragile stepdaughter, and his marriage: \u201cWe\u2019re passing each other on the down slope of a marriage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vincent&#8217;s honest assessment is a good example that what\u2019s seen doesn\u2019t always reflect what\u2019s happening behind the scenes, such as what that person may be experiencing.\u00a0 It&#8217;s oftentimes camouflaged by a projection of someone who has it altogether, not someone who may be struggling to keep from falling apart.\u00a0\u00a0It\u2019s a reminder of the saying to not judge a book by its cover, as well as the warning in John 7:24.<\/p>\n<p>Layers, in people and situations\u2014good and even bad\u2014serve a purpose for God to demonstrate Himself.\u00a0 Frequently, it will, as it has been for me, take place in the most mundane circumstances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment \u2013 John 7:24 One of the most memorable scenes in the movie Heat occurs at a diner when Vincent, a police lieutenant, comes face-to-face with his target, Neil. It is then that Vincent refutes his image of having a &#8220;regular type life&#8221; by saying, \u201cNo, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/layers-1-tuesday-may-19-2026\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Layers\u00a0(1) &#8211; Tuesday, May 19, 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-12792","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12792","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=12792"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12796,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12792\/revisions\/12796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}