14 Oct., 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The names they tell a story The first was Elli<\/strong> unplanned No longer just us partners in mission Epiphany<\/strong>, indeed was dawning Prison time provided a pause “Perseverance<\/strong>! Lord, Please!” she pleaded But what a strain on a mother “O well, we are really stuck now!” “Oh mercy” we cried, ‘specially Jayne But that’s not the end, no not yet Our God is mighty and holy He sweat in that garden Gethsemane<\/strong> And we follow that Redeemer 14 Oct., 2019 The names they tell a story Of Michael and Jayne Bray Of the times in life that they Encountered along the way The first was Elli unplanned And soon came another – one Jonas The man Dove soaring above Dragging them to a new kind of love No longer just us partners […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,18,52],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3228"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3229,"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3228\/revisions\/3229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Of Michael<\/strong> and Jayne<\/strong> Bray
Of the times in life that they
Encountered along the way<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And soon came another – one Jonas
The man Dove<\/strong> soaring above
Dragging them to a new kind of love<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A new way was then to be paved
Those children were not just for us
The Maker demanded we trust<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Children were not just an option
A gift from the maker for His own
Our lives were not ours alone<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A cause was pursued in earnest
And Beseda<\/strong> was welcome indeed
A reward sometimes follows a good deed<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And He gave double for her trouble
But the answer seemed so hollow
Oh the truth is not easy to follow!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Those children can be, O my!
“Lord, God, have mercy,” she cried
Another! She thought she’d died. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why bother trying to avoid them
And so the Lord as with laughter
Sent Alethea<\/strong> and Isaac <\/strong>thereafter<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(She bears them, ya know, I just listen)
So Mercy<\/strong> He did give us indeed
And mercy is all that we need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There’s a truth we must never forget
Nicea<\/strong> tells us most truly
That creed we hold to most duly<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Coming down to us fools so lowly
He loved us to death on that cross
Even He our Creator and Boss!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Father give me another way!”
But I’ll take your will over mine
The final decision is thine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Who fought the fight and bought us
That One on whom we stand, etcetera
Our Hope, our Joy, our Life, our Petra<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"