{"id":7663,"date":"2023-09-27T15:16:36","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T20:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=7663"},"modified":"2023-09-28T12:20:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T17:20:40","slug":"the-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/27\/the-one\/","title":{"rendered":"The One"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\" Painting by: Kevin Carden<\/h6>\n
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Ninety-seven, ninety-eight, ninety-nine\u2026where is the One hundredth?<\/h6>\n
One has left the flock\u2026<\/h6>\n
Calling out, only silence is heard. Looking at the ninety-nine I\u2019ll have to leave them behind and go search for that one.<\/h6>\n
The one, has gone to look for greener pastures. He\u2019s crossed brooks and fields and stoney ground, not thinking that he is lost and can\u2019t be found. Caught up in his own pursuits\u2026no worries\u2026oblivious to the dangers lurking behind each thrill\u2026<\/h6>\n
He finds himself in the middle of a meadow, as the sun begins to go down\u2026he looks up, frightened, fear has him bound.<\/h6>\n
His thoughts racing, \u201cWhere is everyone? The Shepherd is nowhere in sight. I am completely and utterly alone\u2026bah\u2026bah\u2026cries the one.\u201d<\/h6>\n
He runs to a nearby cliff but before he can catch himself, he falls over the side and lands on a ledge overlooking a steep ravine. \u201cBah! Bah! Bah!\u201d He bleats. He\u2019s caught in a briar bush, and he can\u2019t move his feet.<\/h6>\n
Lying down in the tiny spot, wishing with all his might that he, had not, taken his eyes off of the Shepherd.<\/h6>\n
Shivering in the bitter cold\u2026the stars watched the one lost sheep. There was nothing he could do but weep. Then up above him the howling began, oh how he shook with fear, was this to be his end? Closing his eyes he said a prayer, \u201cGood Shepherd if you can hear my tiny heart, I promise I will never part from you again\u2026if you will only rescue me from this terrible spot, I\u2019ve gotten myself in, amen.\u201d<\/h6>\n
The Shepherd called out upon the wind, looking earnestly for the one, and then, he heard the baying sheep crying in desperation.<\/h6>\n
Hearing the Shepherd\u2019s voice once more he cried louder, \u201cSave me Lord!\u201d<\/h6>\n
Upon the cliff high above, came the Shepherd\u2019s staff.<\/h6>\n
Lifting the one, up out of the danger and hugging him to his breast\u2026they both began to cry and laugh safe in the Shepherd\u2019s arms at last.<\/h6>\n
The one, had been restored.<\/h6>\n
And when they reached the ninety-nine, they all rejoiced for the one was returned, never to be lost again!<\/h6>\n
The end!<\/h6>\n
~Marla Shaw O\u2019Neill September 27, 2023<\/h6>\n
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Matthew 18:11-13<\/strong><\/h6>\n
Amplified Bible<\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n
For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.<\/em><\/h6>\n
Ninety-nine Plus One \u201c<\/sup><\/em><\/strong>What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them gets lost, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountain and go in search of the one that is lost? And if it turns out that he finds it, I assure you and most solemnly say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that did not get lost.<\/em><\/h6>\n
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Painting by: Kevin Carden Ninety-seven, ninety-eight, ninety-nine\u2026where is the One hundredth? One has left the flock\u2026 Calling out, only silence is heard. Looking at the ninety-nine I\u2019ll have to leave them behind and go search for that one. The one, has gone to look for greener pastures. He\u2019s crossed brooks and fields and stoney ground,…<\/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-7663","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-1ZB","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7663","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=7663"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7667,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7663\/revisions\/7667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}