{"id":12940,"date":"2026-06-14T18:56:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T18:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/?page_id=12940"},"modified":"2026-06-14T18:56:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T18:56:44","slug":"strolling-2-tuesday-june-16-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/strolling-2-tuesday-june-16-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Strolling (2) &#8211; Tuesday, June 16, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them \u2013<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong> Ephesians 2:10\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He doesn&#8217;t seem to fit in any of the five ministries he was placed in,&#8221; Elder Brown said, shaking his head. &#8220;That&#8217;s such a shame. He&#8217;s such a nice young man. So, what are we going to tell him when he arrives?&#8221; Deaconess Jenkins asked. A response was suspended as the elder and deaconess became distracted by the pleasant melody coming from a nearby piano. Shortly thereafter, the young man knocked on the door, entered the room, and said, &#8220;Hello, I hope my goofing off hasn&#8217;t disturbed you two.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The opening parody was inspired by the servant given one talent in Jesus\u2019 Parable (Matthew 25:14-30).\u00a0 Because, unlike the other two servants, this servant chose not to see his talent as an opportunity to be fruitful.\u00a0 The same mindset applies to those who perceive the possession of certain qualities and capabilities as insignificant and unbeneficial.\u00a0\u00a0However, it\u2019s forgotten the servant\u2019s unfavorable judgment for his lack of stewardship of the single talent, which conveys a message of God\u2019s expectation for every gift, even if one.<\/p>\n<p>Ephesians 2:10 assures the assignment of &#8220;good works.&#8221; Therefore, we only need to commune with God about how He desires to use what we possess. In other words, the chase becomes a wonderful stroll.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them \u2013 Ephesians 2:10\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;He doesn&#8217;t seem to fit in any of the five ministries he was placed in,&#8221; Elder Brown said, shaking his head. &#8220;That&#8217;s such a shame. He&#8217;s such a nice &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/strolling-2-tuesday-june-16-2026\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Strolling (2) &#8211; Tuesday, June 16, 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-12940","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12940","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=12940"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12942,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12940\/revisions\/12942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}