{"id":551,"date":"2021-07-01T20:25:08","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T20:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bellaword.com\/?p=551"},"modified":"2021-07-08T20:33:51","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T20:33:51","slug":"after-birth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/?p=551","title":{"rendered":"After Birth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Jesus Christ, the last Adam. His obedient death forged a birth canal\u00a0<\/b><b>for all who would come after Him by the Spirit.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Abba Father, I thank you for abounding grace. From the mountain\u00a0<\/i><i>to the valley, you are my present help in this life, after birth.<\/i><\/p>\n<pre>After Birth<br \/>For most of my life<br \/>I hid from pain in a <br \/>World of make-believe\u00a0 <br \/>I ran there for comfort<br \/><br \/>Being born again, <br \/>My first steps come slowly<br \/><br \/>Sometimes, I pause <br \/>In the midst of reality <br \/>And give thanks for the Joy!<\/pre>\n<h2><b>\u201c<\/b><b>May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, <\/b><b>so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.\u201d ~<\/b><b>Romans 15:13<\/b><b><\/b><\/h2>\n<p>My thoughts<br \/>This was the first poem I wrote, after being born-again. As a babe in Christ, I was trying to express my wonder at what had happened to me\u2014and was still happening. I found myself in the midst of a wonderful transition: unseen, but so very real. The old weights and fears were coming undone: no match for the power of God\u2019s loving affirmation. I knew that whatever might come my way, the Son had set me free!<\/p>\n<p>For further study: Consider these related Scriptures<br \/>1 Corinthians 15:45 \/ Romans 5:19 \/ Colossians 1:18<br \/>2 Corinthians 5:17<br \/>Romans 8:1<br \/>John 8:36<br \/>1 John 4:18\u00a0<br \/>Matthew 11:28-30<br \/>1 Peter 2:9<br \/>Philippians 4:4<\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jesus Christ, the last Adam. His obedient death forged a birth canal\u00a0for all who would come after Him by the Spirit. Abba Father, I thank you for abounding grace. From the mountain\u00a0to the valley, you are my present help in this life, after birth. After BirthFor most of my lifeI hid from pain in a [&hellip;]<\/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-551","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\/551"}],"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=551"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":555,"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551\/revisions\/555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}