{"id":139,"date":"2011-04-23T05:14:21","date_gmt":"2011-04-23T09:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/simplelife\/?p=139"},"modified":"2011-04-21T17:24:16","modified_gmt":"2011-04-21T21:24:16","slug":"my-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/simplelife\/2011\/04\/my-story.html","title":{"rendered":"My Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">My Story<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>by Michelle Demeree<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>My story<\/strong> begins with love.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">My story begins with prayers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">My story begins with hope.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Through \u00a0hope, love and prayers,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">I found faith in the Lord,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Finding faith in all I do.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>God has<\/strong> put me here to make a difference.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">He has given me His heart of gold for others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Now I love to pray for all people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Inside my heart, I feel God&#8217;s love.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Through hope, love and prayers,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">I found faith in the Lord,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Finding faith in all I do.<\/p>\n<p><em>Shelly Demeree is a poet whose poems appear in several publications. \u00a0She has her own web page, which includes some of her poety. \u00a0She is a member and deacon at The Special Gathering of Melbourne.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Story by Michelle Demeree My story begins with love. 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