{"id":2538,"date":"2018-05-31T12:25:48","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T17:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=2538"},"modified":"2018-05-31T14:35:19","modified_gmt":"2018-05-31T19:35:19","slug":"whats-your-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/31\/whats-your-story\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s Your Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I was a woman caught in adultery, sentenced, and condemned to die\u2026He did not accuse me; he set me free from all the lies\u2026 John 8: 1-11<\/h6>\n
I was a leper who came back to say thank you, for healing me, once hiding; I was unclean, unloved and unseen\u2026Luke 17:11-19<\/h6>\n
I was a soldier arresting Christians; I nailed the Messiah to a tree Luke 23:26-43<\/h6>\n
I was just a boy with some fishes and bread, but I watched multitudes as they were fed John 6:9<\/h6>\n
I was a girl sick and dead\u2026but raised to life when he touched my head Mark 5:21-43<\/h6>\n
I was a woman with five husbands;\u00a0going to fetch water from a well, when he began to tell my history\u2026no longer a mystery, I drank long and full never to thirst again, from his unending well\u2026 John 4:18<\/h6>\n
I was a fisherman tending my nets at the shore of Galilee, when he\u00a0said, \u201cCome follow me.\u201d Matthew 4:19<\/h6>\n
I was a rich, young ruler, I kept the law of the land\u2026but I could not give up my wealth to follow him. I walked away from all of them\u2026 Mark 10:17-27<\/h6>\n
I was a thief I stole for a living, they hung me next to him. I deserved what I was getting, but not him\u2026 he said, I\u2019d be with him that day in paradise\u2026he paid for me the total price\u2026No one had ever done anything for me, until Jesus, he is truly\u00a0the Christ. Luke 23:39-43<\/h6>\n
I was a disciple, I kept the books, but in the garden I saw the looks, when I betrayed my best friend, and then, I went and hung myself\u2026it was a bitter end\u2026John 18:1-5 & Matthew 27:3-10<\/h6>\n
I was a woman, bent and bleeding for twelve years\u2026I had shed many tears\u2026but one day I touched the garment of the Rabbi who came to my town and looking around, he knew someone had been healed\u2026faith was all it took, in his eyes,\u00a0his love shook my very core\u2026I had been set free\u00a0by that one touch from the Lord\u2026Luke 8:43-48<\/h6>\n
I was blind from birth. I had no worth. But soon I could see men like trees, then fully my eyes were opened and I beheld the King. Clay and spittle he put in my eyes, and within moments I realized, forever my soul was lit\u2026for I could see not just physically but spiritually. John 9:1-11 & Mark 8:24<\/h6>\n
Who are you today? What stands in your way of knowing the Master\u2019s touch? Listen woman, man, boy, girl\u2026he\u2019s standing right beside you. He’s\u00a0in others passing by. He\u2019s there in your bedroom late at night where he sees you cry\u2026He\u2019s there on your job. Oh won’t you at least try\u2026He\u2019s there when you\u2019re driving, cooking, sleeping, buying, weeping\u2026he\u2019s always by your side\u2026<\/h6>\n
Are you like the blind man, who could not see? Are you like the soldier still nailing him to a tree? Are you like the leper, or woman at the well, who no one sees\u2026it doesn\u2019t matter\u2026because, He sees you right where you are\u2026<\/h6>\n
These were real people with real stories\u2026they are recorded in His book\u2026open it up and take a look\u2026and remember\u2026you are someone with a story too\u2026<\/h6>\n
He\u2019s the same yesterday, today and forever\u2026<\/h6>\n
Who are you?<\/h6>\n
You are someone with a story, may it be told well\u2026<\/h6>\n
~Marla Shaw O\u2019Neill May 31, 2018<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was a woman caught in adultery, sentenced, and condemned to die\u2026He did not accuse me; he set me free from all the lies\u2026 John 8: 1-11 I was a leper who came back to say thank you, for healing me, once hiding; I was unclean, unloved and unseen\u2026Luke 17:11-19 I was a soldier arresting…<\/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-2538","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-EW","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2538","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=2538"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2543,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2538\/revisions\/2543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}