{"id":2242,"date":"2023-01-22T12:47:13","date_gmt":"2023-01-22T20:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=2242"},"modified":"2023-01-22T15:21:47","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T23:21:47","slug":"smite-my-forehead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2023\/01\/22\/smite-my-forehead\/","title":{"rendered":"Smite My Forehead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ari-he-MamWbmmaylY-unsplash.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ari-he-MamWbmmaylY-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ari-he-MamWbmmaylY-unsplash.jpg 550w, https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ari-he-MamWbmmaylY-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>Smite My Forehead<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Smite my<br \/>\nforehead,<br \/>\nI\u2019ve had it all<br \/>\nwrong.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">I\u2019ve imagined<br \/>\na Maker<br \/>\nWhom I<br \/>\nwas meant to<br \/>\nsearch for,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">in meditations, or<br \/>\nsacred libraries, or<br \/>\nkneel-in<br \/>\nprayer closets.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">As if He, She &#8211;<br \/>\nokay, THEY &#8211;<br \/>\nintended our<br \/>\nlives to be<br \/>\none<br \/>\nlong<br \/>\ngame<br \/>\nof Hide-and-Seek.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">I may have<br \/>\nfound<br \/>\nsomething:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Perhaps<br \/>\nthe Maker<br \/>\nlongs to<br \/>\nlook for<br \/>\nUs,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">in our<br \/>\ngoofy romances,<br \/>\nour<br \/>\nsweaty games,<br \/>\nour<br \/>\nbrush-stroked paintings,<br \/>\nour<br \/>\ndervish dances,<br \/>\nour<br \/>\nMarvel movies,<br \/>\nour<br \/>\nbeautiful, beautiful<br \/>\nBooks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Perhaps<br \/>\nour Maker<br \/>\nadores Us<br \/>\nso much<br \/>\nThey want<br \/>\nnothing more<br \/>\nthan to see<br \/>\nWhat<br \/>\nWe can<br \/>\nMake.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em>(Photo by Ari He; UnSplash)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Smite My Forehead Smite my forehead, I\u2019ve had it all wrong. I\u2019ve imagined a Maker Whom I was meant to search for, in meditations, or sacred libraries, or kneel-in prayer closets. As if He, She &#8211; okay, THEY &#8211; intended our lives to be one long game of Hide-and-Seek. I may have found something: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2242"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2247,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242\/revisions\/2247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}