{"id":7546,"date":"2023-07-18T15:30:41","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T20:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=7546"},"modified":"2023-07-18T15:30:41","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T20:30:41","slug":"i-felt-the-wind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/18\/i-felt-the-wind\/","title":{"rendered":"I Felt the Wind"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dedicated to my brother, Regan Shaw July 18, 2023<\/strong><\/h6>\n

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I felt the wind as I heard their wings, stirring, all around me\u2026<\/h6>\n
The sound was like tinkling glass, notes of a heavenly kind,<\/h6>\n
Vibrating into a cathedral of a great thundering blast!<\/h6>\n
Then, silence.<\/h6>\n
I waited in the stillness\u2026<\/h6>\n
Ready to try\u2026<\/h6>\n
Then stepped off the mountain-top and began to fly!<\/h6>\n
High above the mountains, air cold and dry.<\/h6>\n
The heavens opened, full of stars, I gasped, Oh my!<\/h6>\n
Faster and faster my flight\u2019s delight.<\/h6>\n
As my day turned into darkest night.<\/h6>\n
I flew the expanse of a thousand years~<\/h6>\n
\u2018til eternity became infinity, I had no fear\u2026<\/h6>\n
I felt the wind,<\/h6>\n
And heard their wings!<\/h6>\n
Traveling beside me there was no end\u2026<\/h6>\n
Millions they were!<\/h6>\n
Angels, my friends!<\/h6>\n
~Marla Shaw O\u2019Neill, 2007, (edited 7\/18\/2023)<\/h6>\n
2 Kings 6:15-20 New International Version <\/em><\/strong>When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early the next morning, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. \u201cOh no, my lord! What shall we do?\u201d the servant asked.<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u00a0<\/em>\u201cDon\u2019t be afraid,\u201d the prophet answered. \u201cThose who are with us are more\u00a0than those who are with them.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u00a0<\/em>And Elisha prayed, \u201cOpen his eyes,\u00a0Lord, so that he may see.\u201d Then the Lord opened the servant\u2019s eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.<\/em><\/h6>\n

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