{"id":2610,"date":"2023-10-12T16:02:30","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T23:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=2610"},"modified":"2023-10-12T16:02:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T23:02:30","slug":"brown-paper-wrapping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2023\/10\/12\/brown-paper-wrapping\/","title":{"rendered":"Brown Paper Wrapping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/jess-bailey-f94JPVrDbnY-unsplash.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/jess-bailey-f94JPVrDbnY-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/jess-bailey-f94JPVrDbnY-unsplash.jpg 550w, https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/jess-bailey-f94JPVrDbnY-unsplash-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>Brown Paper Wrapping<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">I was beyond despair,<br \/>\ndescending into<br \/>\na cesspool of<br \/>\nself-doubt<br \/>\napproaching<br \/>\nthe snakery of<br \/>\nself-loathing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">I cried out for<br \/>\ndivine deliverance,<br \/>\nand my prayer was<br \/>\nas clear as my breath<br \/>\nthat breathed it:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">\u201cGod,<br \/>\nor whatever Name<br \/>\nYou\u2019re using,<br \/>\nI need help<br \/>\nof the Heavenly sort,<br \/>\nwrapped in Power<br \/>\nand tied with<br \/>\nRibbons of Wisdom<br \/>\ndrawn from<br \/>\nThe Wells of Eternity,<br \/>\nwhere there is<br \/>\nno Beginning and<br \/>\nno End.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Next day<br \/>\nThe Man In the Brown Truck<br \/>\ndelivered a package.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Inside was<br \/>\nanother package,<br \/>\nwrapped in the<br \/>\nplainest brown paper.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Nevertheless,<br \/>\nmy Heart was Lit.<br \/>\nI knew I had<br \/>\nmy Answer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">I tore with<br \/>\ntrembling fingers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">A Gift from<br \/>\nThe Creator of<br \/>\nAll That Is!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Love, Light, Laughter!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">I held it<br \/>\nin my hands<br \/>\nand stared at<br \/>\nmy Face<br \/>\nin a mirror.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em>(Photo by Jess Bailey; UnSplash)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Brown Paper Wrapping I was beyond despair, descending into a cesspool of self-doubt approaching the snakery of self-loathing. I cried out for divine deliverance, and my prayer was as clear as my breath that breathed it: \u201cGod, or whatever Name You\u2019re using, I need help of the Heavenly sort, wrapped in Power and tied [&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-2610","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\/2610","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=2610"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2612,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610\/revisions\/2612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}