Jesus gave us the Parable of the Talents and a call to occupy until He returns. But these things cannot be accomplished by a people who bow to evil in any form. Sometimes He takes us back in order to bring us forward. <\/b><\/p>\n
Abba Father, my blessed hope is in the One that has equipped me to walk in love, power, and a sound mind. On that great day I want to hear \u201cWell done my good and faithful servant.\u201d Here I am Lord, blood washed, Spirit-filled and sanctified-radical! <\/i><\/p>\n My Thoughts For Further Study Jesus gave us the Parable of the Talents and a call to occupy until He returns. But these things cannot be accomplished by a people who bow to evil in any form. Sometimes He takes us back in order to bring us forward. Abba Father, my blessed hope is in the One that has equipped […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs","category-poetryspotlight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=140"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144,"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions\/144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Sanctified-Radical\nAmerica gave birth to twin Holocausts: the Black and the Red\nWhat can be said here of the darker brother?\n\nA spoiling of a people from shore to shore\nCountless numbers lost to all but God\nThe Founding Fathers bought and sold \u2013\nYet trembled before Him because of their sin\nBut, their descendants drunk on profit, with seared conscience\nCreated a deity that winked at the atrocity \nThen rewrote history to support the lie\n\nThe Civil blood bath whitewashed the cup\nA false start at Reconstruction but \nGrowing weary in pretending to do well\nThe victors kissed their former enemies and departed \nLeaving us to face the terror dressed in bed clothes:\nSlavery by another name\n\nThen came the Movement of all ages and creeds \nDemanding to be heard \nBathed in prayer and wrapped in humility\nA freedom song to rout the Crow\nBattles were won\u2026 but not the war\nExternal implosion would cut it short.\n\nThe glory departed as we \nTook cover behind designer fig leaves \n\nNo, no, not that again:\nThe contrived \u201cCurse of Ham\u201d \nCome to mock the Blood of Jesus\nOh deceiver, haven\u2019t you heard?\nHe is not mocked!\n\nStay tuned \u2026 the battle is rebounding\nAnd the choices are clear!\n\nTime cannot heal without contrition\nNo statute of limitations \nFor this capital offence\nThe absence of repentance abounds everywhere-\nLook there \u2013 America\u2019s Swastika:\nThe Rebel Stars and Bars!\nAnd there, atop Stone Mountain, carved by a Klansman\nBehold the shameful Mount of Disfiguration\nJust a relic, you thought? \nUh-uh, a triune shrine \nTo a cause that never died \n\nBut, we cry \u201cIt\u2019s good for us to be up here \nWe won\u2019t build tents, \nJust pay to walk around\u201d \nLike children wandering in the wilderness\nBeing told what to forget\nTaught to deny, that which lives\nAnd has never been resolved\nWhile others, who vow not to forget their past\nCry \u201cNever Again\u201d and gain respect\nThey would never tolerate a veneration of the Fuehrer \nNor pay to support it in the land of the free \nWhat\u2019s wrong with us<\/i>?\n\nPersecution does not void our status in God\u2019s Kingdom\nBut we can pursue our freedom \u2013 indeed we can\nWe\u2019ll need a prayer warrior\u2019s stance \nA wobble won\u2019t do\nSo, will we kick off the five inch heels and \nPull up our pants\nLong enough to handle our business?\nAre we worth it \u2013 are our children worth it?\nOr did our heroes die in vain?\nDid our HERO die in vain? \nOh beloved, don\u2019t number the enemy \nOr fear the uncircumcised Philistine\nWe must seek to prevail\nAnd embrace eternity \nLooking to the Spirit with un-scaled eyes!<\/pre>\n
\u201cWere you a slave when you were called? Don\u2019t let it trouble you\u2014<\/b>although if you<\/i><\/b> can gain your<\/i><\/b> freedom, do so.<\/i><\/b>\u201d (emphasis mine). 1 Corinthians 7:21.<\/b><\/h3>\n
\nOur God is Just and<\/i> Holy \u2013 full of Love and Power. We must reject the enemy\u2019s slander of Him, just as we reject the lies about ourselves. Spirit-filled knowledge is essential to succeed. In Christ, the truth that sets us free isn\u2019t shamed or mishandled \u2013 and it will not be defeated.<\/p>\n
\n2 Timothy 1:7
\nRomans 8:37-39
\nRomans 8:31
\nJohn 8:31-32
\n1 Timothy 1:9-11
\nIsaiah 61:8
\nIsaiah 1:17
\nLeviticus 19:15
\nPsalm 37:1; 37-38<\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"