{"id":3089,"date":"2018-11-12T14:44:57","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T19:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=3089"},"modified":"2018-11-12T14:48:17","modified_gmt":"2018-11-12T19:48:17","slug":"deep-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2018\/11\/12\/deep-waters\/","title":{"rendered":"Deep Waters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3091\" src=\"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/boat-760x427-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/boat-760x427-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/boat-760x427-700x393.jpg 700w, https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/boat-760x427.jpg 760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<h6>Looking out over the dark, murky, water<\/h6>\n<h6>Fear grips the heart,<\/h6>\n<h6>What will it take?<\/h6>\n<h6>Terror whispers of things that lie beneath this unfamiliar lake<\/h6>\n<h6>Moonless, starless night, clouds cloak the sky<\/h6>\n<h6>Trouble brought me here\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>I lift these ores and sigh\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>One does not simply end up in this place<\/h6>\n<h6>World\u2019s unknown and miles of life, wrinkles upon my brow, doth trace<\/h6>\n<h6>Step after step, I\u2019ve run\u00a0the runner\u2019s race\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Mistakes, no lessons not learned, kept me in confusions grip<\/h6>\n<h6>Has despair given way to grace, while upon my tears\u00a0I sip?<\/h6>\n<h6>Rowing on life\u2019s waterway\u2026seeking, wanting, and needing to pray\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>I see a ray of Hope\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>The clouds separate and light from the moon doth shine\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Someone is calling my name\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6><em>Beloved, when you pass through deep waters, I will be with you<\/em>\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>These waters I have come to know, deep and dark and full of sorrow<\/h6>\n<h6>All subside when I realize; God abides\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>There in the distance, the darkness lifts<\/h6>\n<h6>God speaks and time doth shift\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>I am not alone\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Time has come and time has gone<\/h6>\n<h6>Deep waters become shallow, terrors disappear<\/h6>\n<h6>Faith, has taken over, and I am set free from fear\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Life and hope and joy and peace fill the atmosphere\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>No more deep waters\u2026no more tears\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>I\u2019ve passed through the deep waters\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>God called to me, I am here\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">~Marla Shaw O\u2019Neill November 12, 2018<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6><em>When you pass through deep waters, I will be with you\u2026<strong>Isaiah 43:2<\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking out over the dark, murky, water Fear grips the heart, What will it take? 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