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[{"id":2765,"link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/2025\/11\/25\/daily-reflections-26-november-2-december\/","name":"daily-reflections-26-november-2-december","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/city-noise-1024x576.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Daily Reflections 26 November - 2 December","author":{"name":"flashes","link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/author\/flashes\/"},"date":"Nov 25, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-11-25 05:15:00","modifiedDate":"2025-11-25 20:43:17","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-11-25 07:43:17","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/reflections\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Reflections<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/reflections\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Reflections<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","series":""},"readTime":{"min":1,"sec":40},"status":"publish","excerpt":"Amid the city\u2019s noise and striving, God\u2019s quiet truth endures. Gratitude transforms the ordinary; courage holds fast in the lion\u2019s den. From ruins, beauty blooms again; from despair, new life grows. The city becomes a sanctuary where humility, hope, and peace take root."}]
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