{"id":3055,"date":"2018-10-31T11:08:58","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T16:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=3055"},"modified":"2018-10-31T14:10:27","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T19:10:27","slug":"under-the-mask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/31\/under-the-mask\/","title":{"rendered":"Under the Mask"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Wind and shadow cloaked in darkness<\/h6>\n
Whispers of the night\u2026<\/h6>\n
Hooting owl, ghouls wrapped in rags<\/h6>\n
Grasp with deceit,\u00a0in crippling\u00a0clam they travel\u2026<\/h6>\n
Swirls of ghosts and taunting things\u2026<\/h6>\n
Treats of evil in terror brings\u2026<\/h6>\n
Fear and doubt these lost souls sing\u2026<\/h6>\n
Oh hallow not this night\u2026<\/h6>\n
Glorifying demons creep to sever souls<\/h6>\n
And death to greet, those who dare to walk and sweep<\/h6>\n
The streets in masks to hide and seek\u2026<\/h6>\n
Not for those who are mild and meek<\/h6>\n
They will search you out with trick or treat\u2026<\/h6>\n
Not only pagan hands and pagan feet,<\/h6>\n
Are those who walk the darkened\u00a0streets\u2026<\/h6>\n
All in fun they say\u2026<\/h6>\n
But who doth stand beneath the sheet?<\/h6>\n
Paying tribute to the devil and kiss his cheek<\/h6>\n
Do not lie upon his altar\u2026<\/h6>\n
We must pray and never falter\u2026<\/h6>\n
Deceived we dance with the devil on Halloween<\/h6>\n
In light of day there is no fear<\/h6>\n
But at nightfall they will draw near\u2026<\/h6>\n
Will you join in this costly game\u2026?<\/h6>\n
They know your face; they know your name\u2026<\/h6>\n
No sacred place this hollowed scheme<\/h6>\n
Masked in deception called, Halloween\u2026<\/h6>\n
You say, don\u2019t be absurd tis only fun\u2026<\/h6>\n
But the devil laughs he\u2019s on the run\u2026<\/h6>\n
Filling his bag with little ones\u2026<\/h6>\n
This is his trick not treat\u2026<\/h6>\n
~Marla Shaw O\u2019Neill October 31, 2018<\/h6>\n
Proverbs 3:5-12<\/span> The Message (MSG)<\/span><\/strong><\/h6>\n
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Trust God<\/span> from the bottom of your heart;<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>don\u2019t try to figure out everything on your own.<\/span><\/span>
\nListen for God<\/span>\u2019s voice in everything you do, everywhere you go;<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>he\u2019s the one who will keep you on track.<\/span><\/span>
\nDon\u2019t assume that you know it all.<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Run to God<\/span>! Run from evil!<\/span><\/span>
\nYour body will glow with health,<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>your very bones will vibrate with life!<\/span><\/span>
\nHonor God<\/span> with everything you own;<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>give him the first and the best.<\/span><\/span>
\nYour barns will burst,<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>your wine vats will brim over.<\/span><\/span>
\nBut don\u2019t, dear friend, resent God<\/span>\u2019s discipline;<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>don\u2019t sulk under his loving correction.<\/span><\/span>
\nIt\u2019s the child he loves that God<\/span> corrects;<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>a father\u2019s delight is behind all this.<\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wind and shadow cloaked in darkness Whispers of the night\u2026 Hooting owl, ghouls wrapped in rags Grasp with deceit,\u00a0in crippling\u00a0clam they travel\u2026 Swirls of ghosts and taunting things\u2026 Treats of evil in terror brings\u2026 Fear and doubt these lost souls sing\u2026 Oh hallow not this night\u2026 Glorifying demons creep to sever souls And death to…<\/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-3055","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\/3055","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=3055"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3061,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3055\/revisions\/3061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}