{"id":483,"date":"2020-04-08T01:10:41","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T01:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arielleestoria.com\/?p=483"},"modified":"2020-06-26T22:09:36","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T22:09:36","slug":"2020-4-7-israel-trip-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arielleestoria.com\/?p=483","title":{"rendered":"Israel Trip Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n        class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n          combination-animation-none\n          individual-animation-none\n          individual-text-animation-none\n        \"\n        data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"\n    ><\/p>\n<figure\n            class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \"\n            style=\"max-width:2500.0px;\"\n        ><\/p>\n<div\n              \n                style=\"padding-bottom:66.68000030517578%;\"\n              \n              class=\"\n                image-block-wrapper\n                \n          \n        \n                has-aspect-ratio\n              \"\n              data-animation-role=\"image\"\n              \n  \n\n          ><br \/>\n            <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arielleestoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC09334.jpg\" alt=\"DSC09334.JPG\" \/><\/noscript><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"https:\/\/arielleestoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC09334.jpg\" data-image=\"https:\/\/arielleestoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC09334.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"2500x1667\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"DSC09334.JPG\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"5e8d1defa912175b9ed6680c\" data-type=\"image\" \/>\n          <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">I know it\u2019s taken me awhile but alas here it is, the much awaited recap of my experience in Israel. No one asked for this, I just decided to do it myself because I wanted video memory of this experience that was unlike any other.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">I usually write recaps of experiences via my blog, written out hoping that you experience some type of visual along the way but this time I wanted to reverse the experience, give you more visual than words. Oddly enough, this was a very personal experience even though I went with a group of individuals and shared most of it on my instagram stories as much as possible but the takeaways? The takeaways were personal, they are deeply planted in my soul for moments I have yet to experience. There was a new found intimacy with Jesus and my awareness of him like no other from this trip, the moment it began with lots of intense questioning from customs and a delayed flight there was a pulling I experienced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"><em>\u201cCome here, come find me.\u201d <\/em>It was like in everyday God wanted to speak something new to me and it was new. My mind was blown during this trip, learning about the context and history of the Bible in a whole different way.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">I had the honor of being chosen to attend this trip nominated by<a href=\"http:\/\/www.initiativenetwork.org\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\"> Initiative Network<\/span><\/a> for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.israelcollective.org\/\/\">Israel Collective<\/a> Trip. Throughout the year, Israel Collective sends leaders, speakers and anyone else who wants to experience the Holy land on trips to dive deep into biblical, political and historical contexts of what we\u2019ve come to believe as Christians. We literally walked where Jesus walked, sat in spaces where it is believed that he preached his transformative messages and learned about the country as it exists today.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">You can watch my video recap<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=youtu.be&amp;v=Vw2wblJXxDc\"> here<\/a>, I share some moments I was grasping as we visited places like the City of David, rode a boat on the Sea of Galilee (which is actually&#8230; fun fact: A LAKE!!), visited the places where it is proposed could be the Garden tombs, rode camels at the Dead Sea and thought deeply along the way around what all that history and life looks like today.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">In this written portion of remembering this experience, I want to share some of the poems I wrote on the trip. Though I did not intend to, I wrote many times a day, little quotes and poems that were put on my heart so that I could remember what I was experiencing in a way I know how to express best: through words.<\/p>\n<div\n        class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n          combination-animation-none\n          individual-animation-none\n          individual-text-animation-none\n        \"\n        data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"\n    ><\/p>\n<figure\n            class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \"\n            style=\"max-width:1999.0px;\"\n        ><\/p>\n<div\n              \n                style=\"padding-bottom:56.228111267089844%;\"\n              \n              class=\"\n                image-block-wrapper\n                \n          \n        \n                has-aspect-ratio\n              \"\n              data-animation-role=\"image\"\n              \n  \n\n          ><br \/>\n            <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arielleestoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/5C85E78D-03E7-4A9A-8E90-28FED4B3EBEB.jpg\" alt=\"5C85E78D-03E7-4A9A-8E90-28FED4B3EBEB.jpg\" \/><\/noscript><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"https:\/\/arielleestoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/5C85E78D-03E7-4A9A-8E90-28FED4B3EBEB.jpg\" data-image=\"https:\/\/arielleestoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/5C85E78D-03E7-4A9A-8E90-28FED4B3EBEB.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"1999x1124\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"5C85E78D-03E7-4A9A-8E90-28FED4B3EBEB.jpg\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"5e8d2426c0354b0728ff03fb\" data-type=\"image\" \/>\n          <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><strong>Israel travel day one:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>May this step be a breaking,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>Not so that it stays broken&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>But so that there is space<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>for healing to show up<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>there is room for your pride to crumble<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>replaced with sprinkles of humanity&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>that does not make you smaller or less&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>but reminds you of the bigness&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>of the hands in which you were created&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>In fact,&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>this is not a breaking<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>this is an unfolding<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>an unclenching of newborn petals<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>this is the beginning of your remaking<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>Do not fight it,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>lean into the discomfort&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>that this blooming will create&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>It will deconstruct your expectations&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>cause your hope to press in&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>faith, is birthed here&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><strong>Israel travel day two:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>In the Istanbul airport,&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>there are rooms for praying&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>one for men and one for women,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>to the American eye they will look like restrooms,&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>clean and intentional&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>except here is a place for your shoes to go&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>while your bare feet step on blue carpeted holy ground&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>It is the most well kept airport I have ever traveled to,&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>there are trees and planters scattered around clean walkaways&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>there is holy in this airport,&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>though it is not the holy I am used to<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>there are two places of releasing something<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>two places to wash your hands from where you come from,&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>in order to center yourself for what comes next&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>Yes there is holy in an airport,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>greenery laced around windows&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>reminding you that maybe the holy is not&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>something you go to&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>but something you bring with you&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><strong><em>Part 2<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>We are foreign here,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>this is not our home.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>we are not familiar to these lands<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>and some reason, knowing this makes me step lighter<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>less like I own the place and more tender to lands&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>who are welcoming us&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>temporarily into its arms<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>I wonder if you love something better,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>knowing it is not yours to hold forever.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><strong><em>Part 3<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>Our tour guide tells us of a winemaker in Judea<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>says he is quiet, introverted, keeps to himself&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>No one knows much about him except that he makes really amazing wine<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>this man, ambiguous in his existence&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>and yet permanent in his marking&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>teaches us, a generation of social media followers&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>and public lives<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>how to keep some things sacred,&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>how to keep some things to ourselves&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>that you can still be talented, gifted and not public<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>not known for anything,&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>except for what your hands create&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>your name is irrelevant,&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>unnecessary perhaps&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>but your legacy,&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>the things you make,&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>the things you leave behind&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>will be the only thing remembered&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><strong><em>Bethlehem&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>Their gospel must be lived out<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>not declared at the top of their lungs<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>not screamed from the streets<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>for the risk of their lives&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>It starts first from the inside,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>shared quietly to those that they love&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>of their transformation&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>and then divine appointments for conversations&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>to arise around the change&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>that has shaped you<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>To love is a wild risk,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>to change from the inside out,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>a rebellion to the system around you<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>the system that made you&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>How radical a gospel,&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>one that is first seen,&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>then felt, experienced,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>not always heard&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>and yet deeply known<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><strong><em>Garden Tomb: a note from the risen King&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>I am not where you left me&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>And I am not where you think I am&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>I left the tomb for a reason, so that you&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>Nor I never have to go back there&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>You are not where I left you&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>You are made new, filled with light,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>Walking in faith&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>You will not find me in the emptiness&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>Cup overflowing,&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>I am in the places you feel the most full, the most alive&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>I offer new life for a reason,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>so that you leave what you once knew<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>to find something better&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>release and let go your expectations<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>of who I am and how I move&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>and come find me,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>no I am not where you left me&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>and where I\u2019m going, you\u2019ll go too&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>have faith, follow me&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><strong><em>Shabbat&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>Worship is not always language,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>sometimes it is breath<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>sometimes it is swaying in silence<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>sometimes it is melodies on repeat<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>sometimes it is every dialect&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>thrown up into the air&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>erupting as If it were to&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>bounce off the sky&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>and fall right back down<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>On earth as it is heaven<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>Sometimes worship is&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>quietly tucked into walls&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>repeated scriptures&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>Holy verbiage memorized<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>On a day of rejoicing and rest<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>Some days worship is existing,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>is simply living<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>some days it is proclaiming,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>\u201cLook at how alive I am&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>despite everything,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>Isn\u2019t that some kind of miracle?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>isn\u2019t that a gift?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><strong><em>Jerusalem<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>In Hebrew, good morning&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>Is said backwards,&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>\u201cmorning good\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>You don\u2019t respond back&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>saying the same thing,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>Instead you respond with&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>\u201cMorning light\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>Recognizing&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>the good and the light<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>In the day before you recognize the busy<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>Before you have a chance to speak negative over what the day will hold<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>From now on,&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>I will drip each day&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>with good and light&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>Open my hands to receive&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>the holy tucked into each beam of sun&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>To start each day&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>reciting a reminder&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>Of the good and the light&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>not just said on your tongue&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>but living within your whole existence&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>So friends,&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>may you learn to walk in your&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>good and light today and everyday<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"><em>And may you meet the God who created both<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\n<div\n        class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n          combination-animation-none\n          individual-animation-none\n          individual-text-animation-none\n        \"\n        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No one asked for this, I just decided to do it myself because I wanted video memory of this experience that was unlike any other. I usually write recaps of experiences via my blog, written [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":531,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arielleestoria.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arielleestoria.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arielleestoria.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arielleestoria.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arielleestoria.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arielleestoria.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arielleestoria.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arielleestoria.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arielleestoria.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arielleestoria.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}