{"id":48649,"date":"2019-06-22T13:02:20","date_gmt":"2019-06-22T17:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=48649"},"modified":"2020-06-28T18:58:13","modified_gmt":"2020-06-28T22:58:13","slug":"hold-me-in-this-vessel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/hold-me-in-this-vessel\/","title":{"rendered":"Hold Me In This Vessel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<pre>Sixth Hour<\/pre>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Hold Me In This Vessel<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>My life is suffering so much stress,<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve fallen down,<br \/>\nthings are just a mess.<br \/>\nWhen I tried to pick up the pieces,<br \/>\nit was clear, it&#8217;s just a test.<\/p>\n<p>This body is broken,<br \/>\nmy joints are torn,<br \/>\nmy soul is ripped apart<br \/>\nand my psyche worn.<br \/>\nI am tired of being defeated<br \/>\nlost and forlorn.<\/p>\n<p>My hope is shattered,<br \/>\nmy dreams long gone.<br \/>\nI have no peace,<br \/>\nand I have lost my song.<br \/>\nLife for me is one loud sounding gong.<\/p>\n<p>I feel like Job,<br \/>\nalone and sick.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s as if someone is playing<br \/>\na cunning trick<br \/>\non me that makes me stagger,<br \/>\ngive up and slip.<\/p>\n<p>No one understands or<br \/>\nhas time to spare.<br \/>\nThe roar of this life brings<br \/>\nsleepless nights and despair.<br \/>\nI sometimes cry out<br \/>\n&#8220;Lord, are you here, do you care?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Please hold me in this vessel<br \/>\nuntil you come,<br \/>\npull me up to where<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve fallen from,<br \/>\nto the secret place close<br \/>\nto your kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>Hold me in this vessel,<br \/>\nseal me with your love.<br \/>\nrestore me by your power,<br \/>\nfrom Heaven up above.<br \/>\nI need you Father,<br \/>\nshield me with your love.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m at my wits end Lord,<br \/>\nplease,\u00a0help me stand!<br \/>\nHelp my unbelief,<br \/>\nI&#8217;m doing the best I can.<br \/>\nMake it plain LORD,<br \/>\nso I&#8217;ll understand.<\/p>\n<p>I have got to finish my course,<br \/>\nand make it through,<br \/>\nbut no one can help me<br \/>\nThe way that you do.<br \/>\nHelp me change my point of view.<\/p>\n<p>Please hold me in this vessel,<br \/>\nuntil I can be found.<br \/>\nBring your word to my remembrance,<br \/>\nplace my feet on solid ground.<br \/>\nGrant me peace and a mind that is sound.<\/p>\n<p>Hold me in this vessel,<br \/>\ncover me by your blood.<br \/>\nDeliver me out of the waters<br \/>\nand the deluge of mud<br \/>\ncaused by the flow<br \/>\nfrom this torrential flood.<\/p>\n<p>Please hold me in this vessel<br \/>\nuntil you come&#8230;for me&#8230;for me.<br \/>\nPlease Lord!<br \/>\nHold me in this vessel<br \/>\nuntil you come.<\/p>\n<p>City of Compton<br \/>\nJune 22, 2019@13:02<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Sixth Hour Hold Me In This Vessel My life is suffering so much stress, I&#8217;ve fallen down, things are just a mess. When I tried to pick up the pieces, it was clear, it&#8217;s just a test. This body is broken, my joints are&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1186,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,7,2114,1135],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem","category-marathon-poem","category-official-marathon-announcement","category-testimonials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48649","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\/1186"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48649"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59725,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48649\/revisions\/59725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}