{"id":2518,"date":"2018-05-25T13:42:03","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T18:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=2518"},"modified":"2018-05-25T13:46:14","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T18:46:14","slug":"little-ones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/25\/little-ones\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Ones"},"content":{"rendered":"

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To the \u201clittle ones\u201d the ones, most overlooked<\/h6>\n
They\u2019re humble and meek, and persistent even when they are weak<\/h6>\n
They are the ones who work in silence<\/h6>\n
Doing what is right<\/h6>\n
Working and praying all through a starlit, chilling night\u2026<\/h6>\n
These \u2018little ones\u2019 are stronger, more powerful, in love and deed<\/h6>\n
Not flowers mostly weeds\u2026<\/h6>\n
Working without glory\u2026their actions tell their story\u2026<\/h6>\n
Louder than any shout<\/h6>\n
They are the ones who give their lives, most times doing without<\/h6>\n
They are the invisible ones; no one knows their name\u2026<\/h6>\n
These \u201clittle ones” are watching, never asking for a reward<\/h6>\n
They live among us quietly; their hearts are for the Lord\u2026<\/h6>\n
They are seen as the least in the kingdom<\/h6>\n
But great in God\u2019s eyes are they<\/h6>\n
Not because of prestige, or fame, or wealth, they are the lowly ones<\/h6>\n
No pride, full of faith, no doubt<\/h6>\n
God gives favor to these \u201clittle ones\u201d<\/h6>\n
No one sees their worth<\/h6>\n
But God knows them each by name; he called them from their birth\u2026<\/h6>\n
And blessed them and said, the meek will inherit the earth\u2026<\/span><\/h6>\n
These are the ones who pray, when no one is looking<\/h6>\n
These are the ones who stay to clean up long after the cooking\u2026<\/h6>\n
They are workers, mothers, brothers, and sisters, teachers, janitors, laymen<\/h6>\n
Ignored by society\u2026<\/h6>\n
They receive no notoriety<\/h6>\n
But God in heaven has written their names in His Hall of Fame.<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u201cLittle ones,\u201d behold, they are loved more than anything\u2026<\/h6>\n
If you want to be great in God\u2019s kingdom,<\/h6>\n
Become one of His little ones.<\/h6>\n
~Marla Shaw O\u2019Neill May 25, 2018<\/h6>\n
Matthew 18:1-5 New International Version (NIV)<\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n
The Greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven<\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n
At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, \u201cWho, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n
He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them. And he said: \u201cTruly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To the \u201clittle ones\u201d the ones, most overlooked They\u2019re humble and meek, and persistent even when they are weak They are the ones who work in silence Doing what is right Working and praying all through a starlit, chilling night\u2026 These \u2018little ones\u2019 are stronger, more powerful, in love and deed Not flowers mostly weeds\u2026…<\/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-2518","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-EC","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518","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=2518"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2522,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518\/revisions\/2522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}