Showers of Blessings\u00a0 Day 5
\nBlessing:\u00a0 Avoid Troubles<\/u><\/p>\n
Blessed is the one who fears the LORD always, <\/em>but whoever hardens his heart will fall into calamity.\u00a0 Proverbs 28:14\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Message:<\/u><\/p>\n I remember a time years ago when my grandsons were young.\u00a0 We were living on a farm with corn fields surrounding us.\u00a0 My grandsons had been told to never go into the corn because it was dangerous, they could get lost, meet up with an unfriendly animal, or worse a combine.\u00a0 The youngest grandson was always diligent to listen and obey, however, the older one often thought he was a superhero who could do anything, and many times he would find himself in trouble.\u00a0 On this particular day that is exactly what happened.\u00a0 My younger grandson came running to tell me that the older one had gone into the corn field even though he’d been told repeatedly not to.\u00a0 The younger one kept saying “I told him not to, but he wouldn’t listen,” Thankfully, my son-in-law was able to call to him, find him, and get him out of harm’s way before anything serious happened to him in that corn field, and I am sure he learned a lesson in obedience that day.<\/p>\n As we have seen in Day 1 of this Devotional, those who fear the Lord are able to avoid evil, and today we see that they also avoid trouble, which would stand to reason if they were able to avoid evil they would also avoid trouble.\u00a0 \u00a0 Just as my grandson learned it is better to obey and be safe, than to harden our hearts and to risk falling into trouble, so we can see it is better for us to fear the Lord always and avoid evil and trouble in our daily lives.<\/p>\n In this daily devotional we are beginning to learn all the blessings we receive as we fear the Lord and walk in His ways.\u00a0 We are blessed with the Ability to Avoid Evil, Abundant Goodness,\u00a0 Advancement, Angelic Protection, and we are blessed to Avoid Troubles.\u00a0 It is really amazing!<\/p>\n Let\u2019s give thanks that we know the Lord and fear Him and let us keep in mind not to harden our hearts, but to always look to the Lord for wisdom in how to live our lives daily, for in so doing we will walk in His will, not ours, and we will avoid evil and troubles.\u00a0 \u00a0But if we do happen to slip and fall into trouble, the Lord in His mercy will help us, for When the righteous cry for help, the LORD hears and delivers them out of all their troubles.\u00a0 Psalm 34:17, <\/em>however, it’s better to avoid trouble altogether!<\/p>\n Let\u2019s share what we are learning with others so that they may receive these blessings also!<\/p>\n \u00a92023 SGLY Ministry www.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Showers of Blessings\u00a0 Day 5 Blessing:\u00a0 Avoid Troubles Blessed is the one who fears the LORD always, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into calamity.\u00a0 Proverbs 28:14\u00a0 Message: I remember a time years ago when my grandsons were young.\u00a0 We were living on a farm with corn fields surrounding us.\u00a0 My grandsons had been…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2525,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3526,28,3,29,25,26,30,5,32,31,27],"class_list":["post-59","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-showers-of-blessings","tag-april-2026","tag-avoid-trouble","tag-daily-devotionals","tag-fear-the-lord","tag-proverbs-2814","tag-psalm-3417","tag-sgly-ministry","tag-showers-of-blessings","tag-smile-god-loves-you","tag-smilegodlovesyou","tag-troubles"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SB-5-Prov.28.14.jpg?fit=354%2C472&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/showers-of-blessings-day-1\/","url_meta":{"origin":59,"position":0},"title":"Showers of Blessings\u00a0\u00a0 Day 1","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"April 1, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Showers of Blessings\u00a0\u00a0 Day 1. 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