{"id":1443,"date":"2017-09-18T13:36:46","date_gmt":"2017-09-18T18:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=1443"},"modified":"2017-09-18T13:36:46","modified_gmt":"2017-09-18T18:36:46","slug":"take-off-the-mask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2017\/09\/18\/take-off-the-mask\/","title":{"rendered":"Take Off the Mask"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1445\" src=\"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/black-and-white-mask-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/black-and-white-mask-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/black-and-white-mask-700x933.png 700w, https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/black-and-white-mask.png 736w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<h6><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Take off the mask you hide behind<\/h6>\n<h6>Let\u2019s see the face if true, if kind\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>The mask that says, I\u2019m fine and well<\/h6>\n<h6>And keeps me at arm\u2019s length, don\u2019t tell<\/h6>\n<h6>The mask that only outsiders see;<\/h6>\n<h6>Not the hurt or pain inside of thee\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Take off the mask of shame and guilt<\/h6>\n<h6>Where hard knocks and life struggles built<\/h6>\n<h6>Walls of mistrust doubt and fear\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Open up let me draw near\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>A smiling face, but eyes untrue<\/h6>\n<h6>Tells me that this is not the real you\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Take off the Mask and let me in\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Dare to do it\u2026be brave and begin\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>For masks only hide what\u2019s on the outside\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>A short time\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Take a chance\u2026take off the mask\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>This one thing, is all I ask.<\/h6>\n<h6>Open your heart and trust me.<\/h6>\n<h6>I\u2019ve come to remove the mask<\/h6>\n<h6>I\u2019ll restore the broken places and loneliness;<\/h6>\n<h6>I\u2019ll transform the hurting faces<\/h6>\n<h6>Where turmoil and anguish made their home<\/h6>\n<h6>Authentic, honesty and love will be known<\/h6>\n<h6>To those who humbly remove their masks!<\/h6>\n<h6>~Jesus<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">Marla Shaw O\u2019Neill September 18, 2017<\/h6>\n<h6><em>\u201cYou\u2019re blessed when you get your inside world\u2014your mind and heart\u2014put right. Then you can see God in the outside world. <\/em><strong><em>Matthew 5:8 The Message (MSG)<\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Take off the mask you hide behind Let\u2019s see the face if true, if kind\u2026 The mask that says, I\u2019m fine and well And keeps me at arm\u2019s length, don\u2019t tell The mask that only outsiders see; Not the hurt or pain inside of thee\u2026 Take off the mask of shame and guilt Where hard&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8aPxH-nh","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1443"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1446,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1443\/revisions\/1446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}