{"id":8961,"date":"2025-04-03T15:04:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T20:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=8961"},"modified":"2025-04-03T15:10:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T20:10:32","slug":"the-divine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/03\/the-divine\/","title":{"rendered":"The Divine"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8962\" src=\"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Teapot-2025-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Teapot-2025-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Teapot-2025.jpg 482w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/h6>\n<h6>She quietly sits among her sisters,<\/h6>\n<h6>High upon a shelf.<\/h6>\n<h6>Teapots, fine China and pottery, made by the potter\u2019s hand.<\/h6>\n<h6>She be the eldest, from a place called, Vintage land.<\/h6>\n<h6>Used by the Master at his, command.<\/h6>\n<h6>Blue, like the sky where birds soar high.<\/h6>\n<h6>White like the clouds, shapes of all size.<\/h6>\n<h6>They tell a story of the ancients, long days, gone by!<\/h6>\n<h6>But listen to the teapot as she sings her lullaby.<\/h6>\n<h6><em>I\u2019ve served my master well, filled to be poured out<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>Flavors of the strongest kind; steeped, to be sipped, as he dines.<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>Time has no meaning, blessed comfort I shall give\u2026<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>Throughout eternity, I will abide and live.<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>To do what pleases the master, in love, and gratefulness<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>Chosen, created, content to be used, simply for this.<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>Giving joy to all who use me, one tiny kiss,<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>Poured out and running over, into the cup of forgiveness.<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6>When you use a teapot choose wisely and you\u2019ll find,<\/h6>\n<h6>That perfect taste comes only from the one who is Divine.<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">~Marla Shaw O\u2019Neill April 3, 2025<\/h6>\n<h6><em>Ephesians 2:10 King James Version &#8211; <\/em><em>For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She quietly sits among her sisters, High upon a shelf. Teapots, fine China and pottery, made by the potter\u2019s hand. She be the eldest, from a place called, Vintage land. Used by the Master at his, command. Blue, like the sky where birds soar high. White like the clouds, shapes of all size. 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