{"id":1875,"date":"2017-12-29T13:10:18","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T18:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=1875"},"modified":"2017-12-29T13:10:40","modified_gmt":"2017-12-29T18:10:40","slug":"the-birthing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/29\/the-birthing\/","title":{"rendered":"The Birthing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1876\" src=\"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/lion-and-the-lamb-danny-hahlbohm-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/lion-and-the-lamb-danny-hahlbohm-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/lion-and-the-lamb-danny-hahlbohm-768x640.jpg 768w, https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/lion-and-the-lamb-danny-hahlbohm-700x583.jpg 700w, https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/lion-and-the-lamb-danny-hahlbohm-800x667.jpg 800w, https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/lion-and-the-lamb-danny-hahlbohm.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h6>\n<h6>What a struggle that was, it took every ounce of strength I had, and as I gasp for air, all I see is shadow and then everything becomes clear\u2026light shines from everywhere.<\/h6>\n<h6>What are these smells? Fresh rain, lilacs in a field, smells like mama\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>I look around and suddenly I\u2019m floating higher and higher and then I stop suspended in mid-air\u2026I look at my hands and my feet, strange my body is different. Laughter gushes forth from my deepest being and I can\u2019t believe what I am seeing\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Wide open fields of grass and flowers I can\u2019t describe\u2026and to my right is a river and giggles and joy springs up from the babbling brook and I\u2019m amazed\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>A lion and a lamb nozzle each other and look up and watch me. One second I\u2019m in the air and the next second I\u2019m at their side\u2026and to my greatest surprise, they speak\u2026how is this possible? Where am I?<\/h6>\n<h6>The lion, in his deep baritone voice says\u2026 \u201cAll will be revealed in a little while. Right now just enjoy what you see, what you feel\u2026go exploring.\u201d<\/h6>\n<h6>The lamb smiles at me and the peace I see in his eyes are tranquil and at ease.<\/h6>\n<h6><em>But<\/em>\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>No buts, you are home\u2026this is home!<\/h6>\n<h6>I\u2019m not afraid. I\u2019m not worried. I feel content and happy like I\u2019ve never been before. Home, I\u2019ve missed home.<\/h6>\n<h6>I must be in\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Heaven!<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">~M.S. O\u2019Neill December 29, 2017<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>1 Corinthians 2:9 New King James Version (NKJV)<\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>But as it is written:<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u201cEye has not seen, nor ear heard,<br \/>\nNor have entered into the heart of man<br \/>\nThe things which God has prepared for those who love Him.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a struggle that was, it took every ounce of strength I had, and as I gasp for air, all I see is shadow and then everything becomes clear\u2026light shines from everywhere. What are these smells? Fresh rain, lilacs in a field, smells like mama\u2026 I look around and suddenly I\u2019m floating higher and higher&#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-1875","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-uf","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1875","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=1875"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1878,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1875\/revisions\/1878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}