{"id":2455,"date":"2025-03-24T17:44:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T21:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/walkingdeadman.com\/?p=2455"},"modified":"2025-03-24T17:44:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T21:44:07","slug":"ascended-by-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walkingdeadman.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/24\/ascended-by-grace\/","title":{"rendered":"ASCENDED BY GRACE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Got up from my bed, fell into the sky,<br>was this a dream? I asked with a sigh.<br>Weightless, I drifted through whispers of light,<br>chasing the dawn as it fled from the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though darkness instills its vibrant sounds,<br>God\u2019s mercy in echoes still circles around.<br>Shadows may reach, but they cannot confine,<br>for faith is a lantern lit by the Divine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I struggle to hold the names and faces,<br>time slowly sweeps them from earthly places.<br>Yet in the hush, where the lost are found,<br>I hear them in prayer\u2019s most sacred sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And when the sounds in my ears darken,<br>to heaven\u2019s call, my spirit will harken.<br>A flicker remains where silence once grew,<br>a whisper of God where the sky turns blue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Peace and blessings!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"633\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walkingdeadman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_3610_Original.jpeg?resize=633%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walkingdeadman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_3610_Original.jpeg?resize=633%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 633w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walkingdeadman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_3610_Original.jpeg?resize=185%2C300&amp;ssl=1 185w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walkingdeadman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_3610_Original.jpeg?resize=768%2C1243&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walkingdeadman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_3610_Original.jpeg?w=828&amp;ssl=1 828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Got up from my bed, fell into the sky,was this a dream? 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