{"id":437,"date":"2018-01-01T01:35:06","date_gmt":"2018-01-01T01:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bellaword.com\/?p=437"},"modified":"2022-12-08T23:23:27","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T23:23:27","slug":"blood-bath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/?p=437","title":{"rendered":"Blood Bath"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||14px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;et_body_layout&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;8px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;et_body_layout&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;et_body_layout&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.1&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;15px&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|-4px||||&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;et_body_layout&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<b>2018When I consider the blood there is aHoly Ghost dance within that leavesmy feet in the dust! I was guilty assin and worthy of death. But, \u201cGod soloved\u2026\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><i>I thank you Abba Father, for Jesus who gave His side to the sword that I might be cleansed in His precious blood bath.<\/i><\/h2>\n<pre><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Blood Bath\n<\/span>Out of darkness into your perfect light\nOh, I thank you Jesus Christ for saving me\n \nOut of blindness into your perfect sight\nThe sweet and narrow path through faith\nMade clear to me \n\nOut of weakness into your perfect strength\nNow my soul bows down in thanks before the Lord \n\nOut of failure into your victory\nHow my spirit leaps for joy before the Lord \n\nFear and shame washed away by your perfect love \nBy Your grace, my heart can claim your blessed peace \n\nSinking sand now replaced by the Solid Rock\nEvery step I take with you is tried and true.<\/pre>\n<h2><b>\u201cAnd they sang a new song, saying: \u201cYou are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, becauseyou were slain, and with your blood you purchased for God persons from every tribe and languageand people and nation.\u201d Revelation 5:9<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">My Thoughts<\/span><br \/>\nOn the surface this is probably one of my most self-explanatory pieces. But, it is very special to me. I wrote itin Jamaica on my honeymoon. The magnitude of my mistake had hit me like a ton of bricks. As my husbandlay sleeping off his inebriation I was awakened by the words resounding in my head. Grabbing a piece of resort stationery, I eased into the bathroom and penned the poem Blood Bath. <\/p>\n<p>When we feel rejected or unloved, Jesus lifts our head with the truth of who He is \u2013 and who we are in Him.There is nothing left to do but turn from our circumstance and give Him the praise! <\/p>\n<p>For further study:<br \/>\nRomans 5:81<br \/>\nJohn 3:1<br \/>\nJohn 1:12-13<br \/>\nIsaiah 41:10<br \/>\nJeremiah 31:3-4<br \/>\nIsaiah 49:15-16[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2018When I consider the blood there is aHoly Ghost dance within that leavesmy feet in the dust! I was guilty assin and worthy of death. But, \u201cGod soloved\u2026\u201d I thank you Abba Father, for Jesus who gave His side to the sword that I might be cleansed in His precious blood bath. 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