{"id":53325,"date":"2019-06-22T20:31:32","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T00:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=53325"},"modified":"2020-06-28T18:59:53","modified_gmt":"2020-06-28T22:59:53","slug":"in-his-image-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/in-his-image-2\/","title":{"rendered":"In His Image"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/autumnsonlyone\/twelfth-hour-2\/\">Twelfth Hour<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Prompt<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2>In His Image<\/h2>\n<p>Called to serve Him and glorify His name,<br \/>\nI have been made in His continence,<br \/>\nand I am not ashamed;<br \/>\nto bare the marks of the risen Christ<br \/>\nis an honor and privilege I will<br \/>\nuphold with all my life.<\/p>\n<p>To be Christ-like<br \/>\nis power given only to the called,<br \/>\nI will stand and be counted<br \/>\nand endure the fall.<br \/>\nFor Christ in me &#8211; the hope of glory,<br \/>\nI am proud to be alive to exhort<br \/>\nHis name and tell His story.<\/p>\n<p>Time was, when I&#8217;d shrink from the charge,<br \/>\nbut I must muster the courage.<br \/>\nThe enemy is still at large!<br \/>\nHe&#8217;s trying to deny me my birthright and<br \/>\ndisenfranchise my legacy.<br \/>\nOh\u00a0 how I am grateful,<br \/>\nHis blood has covered<br \/>\nmy history and my ancestry!<\/p>\n<p>I stand with the belt of Truth tightly wrapped,<br \/>\nwith the\u00a0 Helmet of Salvation, a gift of mercy &#8211; unmatched.<br \/>\nI have the Sword of the Spirit, a consuming fire,<br \/>\nand I carry the Shield of Faith,<br \/>\nnever do I tire<br \/>\nof wearing His face upon me,<br \/>\nso all the world will see;<br \/>\nI walk like Him, talk like Him,<br \/>\ndo Like Him!<\/p>\n<p>And one day I will Know,<br \/>\nand then&#8230;<br \/>\neven as I am also known<br \/>\nI will look just like the Master,<br \/>\nperfect and entire<br \/>\npurified by fire,<br \/>\na joint-heir<br \/>\nin His Holy Family.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Compton, CA 90222<\/p>\n<p>June 22, 2019@20:31<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twelfth Hour Prompt In His Image Called to serve Him and glorify His name, I have been made in His continence, and I am not ashamed; to bare the marks of the risen Christ is an honor and privilege I will uphold with all my&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1186,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1136,1135],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem","category-official-marathon-prompts","category-testimonials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53325","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=53325"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59653,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53325\/revisions\/59653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}