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Some look back in longing. Others look back in regret. For the pillar of salt, what difference does it make?<\/strong><\/p>\n For further study: Consider these related Scriptures [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Some look back in longing. Others look back in regret. For the pillar of salt, what difference does it make? Dear Father, thank you for a mind that is still subject to renewal. All praises from a much forgiven property virgin. Property Virgin It wasn\u2019t life, I could not breathe Scaled eyes disguised the truth […]<\/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":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"\n <\/p>\n","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192","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\/192"}],"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=192"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1154,"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192\/revisions\/1154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Dear Father, thank you for a mind that is still subject to renewal. All praises from a much forgiven property virgin.<\/h2>\n
<\/span>\nProperty Virgin\nIt wasn\u2019t life, I could not breathe\nScaled eyes disguised the truth\nMy cupid was the enemy who\nsquandered in my youth\n\nThe light that searches hidden things\nRevealed truth from above\nFor all the times I tried and lost, I\u2019ve never known true love\n\nThe quest for peace apart from God \u2013\nImpossible to find\nSeeking that place I\u2019d never been, I almost lost my mind\n\nOne close call, at last unveiled\nHad been held high for years\nBut no more feeding memories with fondness or with tears\n\nA heart that\u2019s broken and contrite\nIs freed from sin and shame\nAnd stands before a guilty past, both renewed and reclaimed.<\/pre>\n\u201c<\/b>The voice spoke to him a second time, \u2018Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.\u2019\u201d Acts 10:15<\/h2>\n
<\/strong><\/span>My Thoughts<\/strong>
<\/span>It\u2019s been almost three decades since I gave my heart to the Lord. Although the lifelong sanctification process had just begun, I was justified the minute I confessed and believed. Because of Jesus, the heavens declared me, \u201cnot guilty\u201d and my past was forgotten and forgiven. I now consider the details (people and events) that once held me captive as if they concerned someone else. That\u2019s not denial \u2013 that\u2019s Biblical truth. I am not that person anymore! My remembrance comes not from regret nor longing. It\u2019s a thankful testimony of how far the Lord has brought me. I\u2019m not just free of the enemy\u2019s deceptions and snares. I\u2019m washed and full of promise as I embrace my born-again, kingdom abode.<\/p>\n
<\/strong>1 Corinthians 2:14
John 10:10; 12:46
2 Corinthians 5:17; 11:14
Joel 2:25
Isaiah 43:25
Ephesians 1:18; 5:8
1 John 1:7<\/p>\n