{"id":13349,"date":"2026-09-06T20:24:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T20:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/?page_id=13349"},"modified":"2026-09-06T20:30:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T20:30:54","slug":"tamed-1-of-2-friday-september-11-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/tamed-1-of-2-friday-september-11-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Tamed (1 of 2) &#8211; Friday, September 11, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? &#8211; <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Hebrews 12:9<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Just like a horse, untamed and wild,<br \/>\nI often behave like an immature child.<br \/>\nLed by the whims of my emotions,<br \/>\nI react to these volatile oceans<\/p>\n<p>By reflecting what\u2019s going on inwardly,<br \/>\nLosing sound wisdom and clarity.<br \/>\nInstead of seeking to remain still,<br \/>\nTo wait for the guidance of Your will.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, I come desiring to be inspected,<br \/>\nTo reveal what needs to be rejected\u2014<br \/>\nConflicts that dishonor Your name<br \/>\nAnd prevent my acting spiritually tame.<\/p>\n<p>The opening poem describes how, at times, I\u2019ve allowed my thoughts to dictate my behavior negatively because of inner turmoil.\u00a0 Like David, I too have sought to be examined, to be tamed, as when he requested: \u201cSearch me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting\u201d (Psalm 139:23-24).<\/p>\n<p>Have you had moments when you, too, desired cleansing from within so that your outward behavior would reflect it? I\u2019ve discovered the process begins with an acronym.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? &#8211; Hebrews 12:9 Just like a horse, untamed and wild, I often behave like an immature child. Led by the whims of my emotions, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/tamed-1-of-2-friday-september-11-2026\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tamed (1 of 2) &#8211; Friday, September 11, 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-13349","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13349","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=13349"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13353,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13349\/revisions\/13353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}