{"id":13178,"date":"2026-07-26T20:31:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T20:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/?page_id=13178"},"modified":"2026-07-26T20:31:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T20:31:05","slug":"covered-saturday-august-1-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/covered-saturday-august-1-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Covered &#8211; Saturday, August 1, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Hebrews 4:16<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Why so downcast, my child? \u00a0\u00a0<br \/>Are you disappointed in me? \u00a0\u00a0<br \/>Have I caused you to doubt my love for you?\u00a0<br \/>I\u00a0don\u2019t\u00a0know why since&#8230;\u00a0<br \/>I never said&#8230;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The opening is an excerpt written years ago from God&#8217;s perspective during a time I questioned His allowance of certain hardships. It came to mind as I recently encountered a public situation that left me feeling very humiliated, and I pondered why God hadn\u2019t intervened. In response to my protests, I was reminded that my blunder could have been more embarrassing if not for divine timing, which limited its exposure. It made me recall Shem and Japheth in Genesis 9:20\u201323, who covered their naked, drunken father, Noah, to prevent him from public shame.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe like me, you\u2019ve experienced times when you felt let down by God. And while it\u2019s natural to express your disappointment, you must never forget that God&#8217;s mercy and grace are with you, and that you are constantly covered no matter what you face,<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Hebrews 4:16\u00a0 Why so downcast, my child? \u00a0\u00a0Are you disappointed in me? \u00a0\u00a0Have I caused you to doubt my love for you?\u00a0I\u00a0don\u2019t\u00a0know why since&#8230;\u00a0I never said&#8230;\u00a0 The opening is an excerpt written &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/covered-saturday-august-1-2026\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Covered &#8211; Saturday, August 1, 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-13178","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13178","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=13178"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13180,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13178\/revisions\/13180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}