{"id":3434,"date":"2019-04-29T15:20:49","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T20:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=3434"},"modified":"2019-08-14T15:46:30","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T20:46:30","slug":"the-longing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/29\/the-longing\/","title":{"rendered":"The Longing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3436\" src=\"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/466664019ad45406751e1e711802279f-biblical-art-biblical-quotes-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/466664019ad45406751e1e711802279f-biblical-art-biblical-quotes-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/466664019ad45406751e1e711802279f-biblical-art-biblical-quotes.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/> Artist unknown<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6>Holy Father, I implore you<\/h6>\n<h6>Don\u2019t take your Holy Spirit from me<\/h6>\n<h6>Let me know you,<\/h6>\n<h6>Let me see you,<\/h6>\n<h6>Let me be near you\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>O Holy God<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>Take this longing, I am giving<\/h6>\n<h6>Wrap me in your arms again\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Holy Father, blessed Jesus,<\/h6>\n<h6>Let me feel your love begin\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>When I fall, don\u2019t let me stay down<\/h6>\n<h6>When I cry, lift me up\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Cast these burdens\u2026that I carry<\/h6>\n<h6>From this broken, dirty cup,<\/h6>\n<h6>As far as the East is from the West,<\/h6>\n<h6>Holy Father, I surrender<\/h6>\n<h6>Help me pass this test\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>Let your grace pour over me\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Your presence, Lord, is all I need<\/h6>\n<h6>Without your presence I am wasted\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Like a desert I\u2019m parched and dry\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Without your living-water to sustain me,<\/h6>\n<h6>Precious Savior, I\u2019d surely die\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Without your presence, I cannot survive\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Blackest, darkness tries to grab me\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>But it can\u2019t have me\u2026for my life is hid in thee<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>Holy Spirit, send your fire; dust to ashes;<\/h6>\n<h6>Create in me, a new spirit, with a new heart,<\/h6>\n<h6>Draw me closer to your side\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>There, blood and water, poured out to save me<\/h6>\n<h6>Your presence gives me\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>New life!<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>I\u2019m meek and lowly, I\u2019m new born, I\u2019m free<\/h6>\n<h6>Let me see you face to face\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Let me hear your voice of grace\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Wrap me in your presence Lord<\/h6>\n<h6>For it\u2019s in this sacred place\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>I find my peace and rest\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Jesus, your blessedness\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Breathe in me&#8230;<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">~Marla Shaw O\u2019Neill April 29, 2019<\/h6>\n<h6><em>God, create a clean heart for me<\/em><em> and renew a steadfast spirit within me.<\/em><em> Do not banish me from Your presence or take Your Holy Spirit from me.<\/em> <em>Restore the joy of Your salvation to me,<\/em><em> and give me a willing spirit. <strong>Psalm 51:10-12 HCSB <\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artist unknown Holy Father, I implore you Don\u2019t take your Holy Spirit from me Let me know you, Let me see you, Let me be near you\u2026 O Holy God Take this longing, I am giving Wrap me in your arms again\u2026 Holy Father, blessed Jesus, Let me feel your love begin\u2026 When I fall,&#8230;<\/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-3434","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-To","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3434","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=3434"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3702,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3434\/revisions\/3702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}