{"id":3291,"date":"2014-08-23T21:30:33","date_gmt":"2014-08-24T01:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=3291"},"modified":"2014-08-24T03:02:57","modified_gmt":"2014-08-24T07:02:57","slug":"the-gift-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/the-gift-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The gift"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-playlist wp-video-playlist wp-playlist-light\">\n\t\t<video controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\" width=\"618\"\n\t\t height=\"464\"\t><\/video>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-next\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-prev\"><\/div>\n\t<noscript>\n\t<ol>\n\t\t<li><a href='https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_3823.mov'>Halfway mark!!<\/a><\/li>\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/noscript>\n\t<script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"wp-playlist-script\">{\"type\":\"video\",\"tracklist\":true,\"tracknumbers\":true,\"images\":true,\"artists\":true,\"tracks\":[{\"src\":\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_3823.mov\",\"type\":\"video\/quicktime\",\"title\":\"Halfway mark!!\",\"caption\":\"I made it! Halfway!\",\"description\":\"\",\"meta\":{\"length_formatted\":\"0:17\"},\"dimensions\":{\"original\":{\"width\":480,\"height\":360},\"resized\":{\"width\":618,\"height\":464}},\"image\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/video.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64},\"thumb\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/video.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64}}]}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<p>Dear God,<\/p>\n<p>I know its been a while, and I&#8217;m sorry for my absence. Life has been anything but easy, so I&#8217;m working on\u00a0some balance.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight I&#8217;m asking for one very special thing, although I&#8217;ve asked before. The bible says you hear me, but my human nature says I&#8217;m being ignored.<\/p>\n<p>Lord, I&#8217;m looking for a man, who fears and respects who you are. Capable of knowing when to back down, and the God given wisdom to take charge.<\/p>\n<p>If you could throw in intelligence, wit, and a sense of humor, I would definitely appreciate! You already know who I&#8217;m looking for, you are the owner of my fate.<\/p>\n<p>Someone who is strong enough to hold me up,\u00a0hold me down, and hold me close. He needs to know how to put me in my place, especially\u00a0when I need it most.<\/p>\n<p>If he is handsome Lord, I will not argue. I am one to appreciate a man&#8217;s beauty. Arms strong, hands stronger, and if you have the time could you throw in a nice booty?<\/p>\n<p>Ok Lord, thank you so much for hearing me out. While waiting for my gift, I&#8217;ll take this time to get to know &#8220;me&#8221; and what I&#8217;m all about.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Love,<\/p>\n<p>Me<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear God, I know its been a while, and I&#8217;m sorry for my absence. Life has been anything but easy, so I&#8217;m working on\u00a0some balance. Tonight I&#8217;m asking for one very special thing, although I&#8217;ve asked before. The bible says you hear me, but my&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[193,219,218,222,220,221],"class_list":["post-3291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","tag-193","tag-gift","tag-god","tag-handsome","tag-man","tag-pray"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3291"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3403,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3291\/revisions\/3403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}