{"id":2531,"date":"2015-04-19T10:04:51","date_gmt":"2015-04-19T17:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jonandlayne.com\/?p=2531"},"modified":"2015-04-19T10:05:49","modified_gmt":"2015-04-19T17:05:49","slug":"selah-janelle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jonandlayne.com\/selah-janelle\/","title":{"rendered":"Selah Janelle"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Jon Post<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\"Beloved\"<\/a>

Beloved<\/p><\/div>\n

Don\u2019t tarry my daughter, don\u2019t tarry.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

You are the one we\u2019ve wanted! You are the one we\u2019ve waited for! You are our family\u2019s completion and the reflection of the grace of God!<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I\u2019ve waited in this room before. I\u2019ve held her sweating hand, eel-writhing in pain, before. I\u2019ve wondered at the sin-curse, the soul-creation, the bloodwaterfire, lifegift of this miracle.<\/em><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve seen her closed eyes, her whispered prayers, her steelrope tight muscles.<\/em><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t tarry my daughter, don\u2019t tarry.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Bursting forth like drum beats in the mountains<\/em><\/p>\n

Called to the now in thunderous echoes of pain and passion<\/em><\/p>\n

Waterfalls of agony and wonder, chaotic emotions like spider webs, silken, gorgeous and terrifying.<\/em><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t tarry my daughter, don\u2019t tarry!<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Yelling out her solo hymn of laborpain, my beloved heaves the weight and the urge to stop back at the liar who tells her she hasn\u2019t the strength.<\/em><\/p>\n

Aweful, awesome, my eyes deadlocked on the miracle of selfgiving displayed in blood and trust before me in a hospital labor and delivery room.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Given\"<\/a>

Given<\/p><\/div>\n

Now, screaming down this mountain with no brakes, ripping through the waves of anguish, my beloved holds her head high and gives her body to her daughter.<\/em><\/h4>\n

IT IS ENOUGH.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

IT IS ENOUGH.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Selah.<\/p>\n

Stop\u2026 stop\u2026 reflect on this.<\/p>\n

Janelle.<\/p>\n

God, has been gracious.<\/p>\n

March 27, 2015<\/p>\n

\"Family\"<\/a>

Family<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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