{"id":13484,"date":"2026-10-11T19:35:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T19:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/?page_id=13484"},"modified":"2026-10-11T19:48:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T19:48:38","slug":"utterly-proud-monday-october-12-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/utterly-proud-monday-october-12-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Utterly Proud &#8211; Monday, October 12, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy \u2013 <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Psalm 147:11<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Like a boasting Father,<br \/>\nRunning alongside<br \/>\nHis daughter,<br \/>\nShouting her towards victory\u2014<br \/>\nIs the vision I had chosen to see:<br \/>\nGod\u2019s Hand directing my way,<br \/>\nGiving me peace to faithfully stay<br \/>\nOn the path, guided by His light,<br \/>\nKeeping my destination within sight,<br \/>\nTo be empowered to achieve<br \/>\nWhat faith gives those who believe,<br \/>\nThat God isn&#8217;t only in the cloud,<br \/>\nBut is always nearby\u2014utterly proud.<\/p>\n<p>The opening poem is inspired by a recent venture that had caused me trepidation, even though I knew that it needed to be pursued\u2014not from a place of duress, but to instead put into action what I\u2019ve written about on this site: proactive faith.\u00a0 \u00a0Consequently, my choosing to do what I didn\u2019t want to do, even if doubt tagged along, ultimately provided me with the outcome I desired.<\/p>\n<p>As we begin our week, let\u2019s look for every opportunity to please God\u2014not because we need to earn His love, but because we choose to envision Him utterly proud.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy \u2013 Psalm 147:11 Like a boasting Father, Running alongside His daughter, Shouting her towards victory\u2014 Is the vision I had chosen to see: God\u2019s Hand directing my way, Giving me peace to faithfully stay On the path, guided by &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/utterly-proud-monday-october-12-2026\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Utterly Proud &#8211; Monday, October 12, 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-13484","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13484","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=13484"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13489,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13484\/revisions\/13489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}