{"id":4752,"date":"2021-06-23T13:27:03","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T18:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=4752"},"modified":"2021-06-23T13:27:03","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T18:27:03","slug":"the-gift-giver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/23\/the-gift-giver\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gift Giver"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h6>\n
Looking for that special gift to give with awe and surprise<\/h6>\n
Knowing when they open it, tears of joy will fill their eyes<\/h6>\n
Crafted and chosen especially for them,<\/h6>\n
The Gift Giver waits for just the right time\u2026<\/h6>\n
Knowing what this person desires, and they have no clue<\/h6>\n
What\u2019s waiting, all wrapped up, in love for you.<\/h6>\n
The Gift Giver extends his package with care<\/h6>\n
And right then and there\u2026<\/h6>\n
Eyes wide open, it\u2019s a glorious surprise<\/h6>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s this,\u201d you ask, as he smiles and replies<\/h6>\n
I am the Gift Giver this gift is for you\u2026<\/h6>\n
It\u2019s something you\u2019ve longed for, there\u2019s nothing more to do\u2026<\/h6>\n
Open the gift and all will be revealed\u2026<\/h6>\n
You\u2019re excited and thrilled as you open and find\u2026<\/h6>\n
Love pouring out, of a supernatural kind\u2026<\/h6>\n
Joy so full you cannot speak<\/h6>\n
Peace for the journey; you are awe-struck and meek<\/h6>\n
Wrapped in angel cloth you unfold and see<\/h6>\n
Ten thousand tiny prayer-wings all glittering\u2026<\/h6>\n
These are the souls of the prayers you have given<\/h6>\n
The Gift Giver pauses, then takes a breath, they are all now in heaven\u2026<\/h6>\n
Because you prayed and gave faithfully<\/h6>\n
This gift, is for you, it\u2019s given gracefully\u2026<\/h6>\n
You live your life as a sacrifice, holy and acceptable to me\u2026<\/h6>\n
The Gift Giver was sought, not for what he had brought\u2026<\/h6>\n
Miracles and daily bread\u2026<\/h6>\n
You found me as you bowed your head\u2026<\/h6>\n
You gave me away each morning and night<\/h6>\n
Souls for the Kingdom, you let your light<\/h6>\n
Shine in the darkness when no one else would.<\/h6>\n
Take these gifts as you travel on the straight and narrow road<\/h6>\n
Let go of the burdens give up your heavy load\u2026<\/h6>\n
And as you give my gift away<\/h6>\n
Love will always find you; it will forever stay\u2026<\/h6>\n
I am the Gift Giver; I have given you this to hold\u2026<\/h6>\n
As you live by faith all will unfold.<\/h6>\n
This passion for the one who loves you most<\/h6>\n
Is Papa God, Jesus and the Holy Ghost\u2026<\/h6>\n
Humbled and elated you lean in and kiss the Gift Giver.<\/h6>\n
Thank you, for all of this!<\/h6>\n
~Marla Shaw O\u2019Neill June 23, 2021<\/h6>\n
<\/h6>\n
John 3:16-17 The Passion Translation<\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n
16\u00a0<\/sup><\/em><\/strong>For here is the way God loved the world\u2014he gave his only, unique Son\u00a0as a gift.[a<\/a>]<\/sup>\u00a0So now everyone who believes in him[b<\/a>]<\/sup>\u00a0will never perish but experience everlasting life.<\/em><\/h6>\n
17\u00a0<\/sup><\/em><\/strong>\u201cGod did not send his Son into the world to judge and condemn the world, but to be its Savior and rescue it![c<\/a>]<\/sup><\/em><\/h6>\n
Footnotes<\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n
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  1. \n
    3:16<\/a>\u00a0Or \u201cGod proved he loved the world by giving his Son.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n
  2. \n
    3:16<\/a>\u00a0Or \u201cbelieve into him.\u201d Salvation and regeneration come only by faith. True faith (Gr.\u00a0pistis) contains a number of components: acceptance, embracing something (someone) as truth, union with God and his Word, and an inner confidence that God alone is enough.<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n
  3. \n
    3:17<\/a>\u00a0The Aramaic is \u201cso that they shall live by his hand\u201d (of power).<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    \u00a0<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    \u00a0\u00a0 Looking for that special gift to give with awe and surprise Knowing when they open it, tears of joy will fill their eyes Crafted and chosen especially for them, The Gift Giver waits for just the right time\u2026 Knowing what this person desires, and they have no clue What\u2019s waiting, all wrapped up, in…<\/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-4752","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-1eE","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4752","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=4752"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4754,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4752\/revisions\/4754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}