{"id":4497,"date":"2020-12-11T12:22:27","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T17:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=4497"},"modified":"2020-12-11T12:25:04","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T17:25:04","slug":"joy-in-the-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/11\/joy-in-the-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"Joy in the Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With holes in his shoes, and rips in his coat, he longs for someplace warm.<\/h6>\n
Staggering into a cold, dark alley, he finds shelter from the snow-storm.<\/h6>\n
He climbs into a dumpster, covers himself with debris, and settles in for a long, lonely night.<\/h6>\n
Memories of a life, long gone, he closes his eyes and sleeps.<\/h6>\n
\u201cMama! Papa! Joey, Mary, Tom? It\u2019s been such a long time since I\u2019ve seen you.<\/h6>\n
Where\u2019d you come from? How long can you stay?\u201d<\/h6>\n
\u201cJack, we\u2019ve been waiting for you. You see, we aren\u2019t going away. You\u2019re finally home. You\u2019re safe, here today!\u201d<\/h6>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s so warm here and peaceful. There\u2019s no snow or wind. No loneliness; no hunger. Why I feel 20 years younger. Can it be true? Am I really here with you?\u201d<\/h6>\n
\u201cYes Jack! We\u2019re all together again.\u201d<\/h6>\n
\u201cAm, I, dead?\u201d<\/h6>\n
\u201cOh no Jack. You\u2019re more alive than you\u2019ve ever been.\u201d<\/h6>\n
\u201cOn earth, they\u2019re celebrating the birth, of the Lord Jesus Christ. You accepted him when you were ten. You fell into hard times. Life is that way. But today. You are home!\u201d<\/h6>\n
The gift of life, is given freely, and we must all find our way. Guided by the angels, His children pray. They pray for us to understand that life is never fair. But when we give our lives to Jesus there\u2019s a different path we bear. Leaving the past behind us, we must trust, God! For everyone who\u2019s born again has a narrow road to trod.<\/h6>\n
Each life we touch, each smile given, with a heart full of love, is one small way to tell others, it comes from God above.<\/h6>\n
You may be hurting this season and with very good reason\u2026life is hard, but God is good!<\/h6>\n
And when we close our eyes in sleep, with tears on our pillow as we often weep\u2026<\/h6>\n
Joy, will come, in the morning.<\/h6>\n
There we\u2019ll meet\u2026<\/h6>\n
Jesus\u2026<\/h6>\n
~Marla Shaw O\u2019Neill December 11, 2020<\/h6>\n
Psalm 30:5<\/em><\/h6>\n
The Passion Translation <\/em>I\u2019ve learned that his anger lasts for a moment, but his loving favor lasts a lifetime! We may weep through the night, but at daybreak it will turn into shouts of ecstatic joy.<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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