{"id":9398,"date":"2025-08-13T14:45:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T19:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=9398"},"modified":"2025-08-26T15:12:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T20:12:39","slug":"turn-the-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/13\/turn-the-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Turn the Page"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Life is like a book, it’s a first edition, a rare find, turn the page.<\/h6>\n
The story unfolds and it never ends\u2026<\/h6>\n
You don’t want to miss a single word.<\/h6>\n
Chapter one, the story begins\u2026<\/h6>\n
From that first new-born breath we cry; we don\u2019t understand.<\/h6>\n
We were content to stay in our safe place but then\u2026<\/h6>\n
Tucked in a tiny place we needed more room so, we begin,<\/h6>\n
Traveling through a tunnel not knowing where it will end.<\/h6>\n
We learn to walk and learn to talk, young women, young men.<\/h6>\n
Turn the page, we\u2019re entering a new place again.<\/h6>\n
Ten, twenty, thirty-two, forty-five, some stagger some thrive\u2026<\/h6>\n
Turn the page, and before we know it, we realize we’re nearing<\/h6>\n
Our journey\u2019s end.<\/h6>\n
Chapter eight, we’re still quite a way from the gate.<\/h6>\n
Some not so fortunate. Their story ends before it begins.<\/h6>\n
So, you read on and find, many twists and turns, your story is not over yet.<\/h6>\n
The author takes his pen and writes all that you\u2019ve gone through and as each page turns…<\/h6>\n
There is a brand-new adventure, we’ve lived and learned.<\/h6>\n
Some with defeat and regret. Some of winning, hard work and sweat, turn the page…<\/h6>\n
Life is not a gamble or a bet\u2026it takes faith to live.<\/h6>\n
Not knowing when the final chapter will come.<\/h6>\n
Turn the page and remember where you\u2019ve come from.<\/h6>\n
Fifty, sixty, seventy-one\u2026<\/h6>\n
Look to a new horizon, your story is still being written and when,<\/h6>\n
The final chapter is won, and the last page is done\u2026<\/h6>\n
The cover is closed, and the book is set upon the bookshelf of life…<\/h6>\n
You\u2019ll enter into another brand-new place.<\/h6>\n
The genre is not a fairytale, it’s no mistake, your story is filled with love and grace\u2026<\/h6>\n
You’ll finally understand, because all those pages ago, you’ll see and know the one who, wrote your story.<\/h6>\n
It’s a best seller; it’s one of a kind.<\/h6>\n
You’re right there, written in the Book of Life!<\/h6>\n
~Marla Shaw O\u2019Neill August 13, 2025<\/h6>\n
Psalm 37:25 King James Version<\/em><\/strong> – <\/em>I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.<\/em><\/h6>\n
Ecclesiastes 3 King James Version<\/em><\/strong> – <\/em>To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u00a0<\/em>Isaiah 34:16 King James Version<\/em><\/strong> – Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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