{"id":2013,"date":"2018-01-12T11:50:53","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T16:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=2013"},"modified":"2018-01-12T11:51:17","modified_gmt":"2018-01-12T16:51:17","slug":"the-pebble-a-remembrance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2018\/01\/12\/the-pebble-a-remembrance\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pebble a Remembrance"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Like pebbles left on a headstone<\/h6>\n
Where I\u2019ve visited a beloved friend,<\/h6>\n
Souls set free, to sites unknown, in the presence of<\/h6>\n
Pure love, God\u2019s Promised Land\u2026<\/h6>\n
Knowing they existed, but I can no longer hold their hand<\/h6>\n
Or see their eyes searching mine\u2026<\/h6>\n
I lay upon the dirt, and I cry\u2026.<\/h6>\n
Time is not relevant in the city where they abide\u2026<\/h6>\n
So I will not cower in the night, nor seek a place to hide\u2026<\/h6>\n
For when I leave this body of clay\u2026my spirit will soar high\u2026<\/h6>\n
A pebble\u2019s such a little thing\u2026but a remembrance for all passersby\u2026<\/h6>\n
When they see the tiny rock on my headstone\u2026<\/h6>\n
They will all know why<\/h6>\n
And they will lie upon the dirt, and there they will cry!<\/h6>\n
Missing the essence of me\u2026<\/h6>\n
But do not weep for me, but let Joy be your strength;<\/h6>\n
To give and love and live your life, like pebbles skipping over a lake\u2026<\/h6>\n
Ripples in a circle, each one touching the other, like a tsunami flowing into the world, a path we all must take\u2026<\/h6>\n
You see\u2026<\/h6>\n
Life passes quickly here, gone in the blink of an eye\u2026<\/h6>\n
Transformed then transported\u2026We must\u2026<\/h6>\n
Take hold of the Angel\u2019s<\/em> hand, and soar side by side\u2026<\/h6>\n
Life doesn\u2019t end with a headstone\u2026<\/h6>\n
With pebbles left behind\u2026<\/h6>\n
There\u2019s no good-bye\u2019s and no one dies\u2026when you\u2019ve accepted Him<\/h6>\n
Now, when you leave that pebble on a headstone for someone<\/h6>\n
You\u2019ll know that for a child of God, their journey\u2019s just begun<\/h6>\n
The battle is finished, and with Jesus, we won!!<\/h6>\n
~Marla Shaw O\u2019Neill January 11, 2018<\/h6>\n
The Soul Takes Flight Poetry<\/strong> by: MS O\u2019Neill<\/h6>\n
Philippians 1:3 King James Version (KJV) <\/em><\/strong>I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,<\/em><\/h6>\n
1 Corinthians 2:9 <\/em>New King James Version (NKJV) <\/em><\/strong>But as it is written: <\/em>\u201cEye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Like pebbles left on a headstone Where I\u2019ve visited a beloved friend, Souls set free, to sites unknown, in the presence of Pure love, God\u2019s Promised Land\u2026 Knowing they existed, but I can no longer hold their hand Or see their eyes searching mine\u2026 I lay upon the dirt, and I cry\u2026. Time is not…<\/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-2013","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-wt","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013","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=2013"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2016,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013\/revisions\/2016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}