ANDRAEWENTOUTFROMHERKINGDOMALTHOUGHITWASNOTYETHERSANDSHEWENTTOWARDHARRANANDSHELIGHTEDUPONTHEPLACEANDTARRIEDTHEREALLNIGHTBECAUSEITHADBECOMEDARK
ANDHETOOKONEOFTHESTONESOFTHEPLACEANDPUTITUNDERHERHEADANDLAYDOWNINTHATPLACETOSLEEPANDSHEDREAMED
ANDBEHOLDALADDERSETUPONTHEEARTHANDTHETOPOFITREACHEDTOHEAVENANDBEHELDTHEANGELSOF
GOD
ASCENDINGANDDESCENDINGITANDBEHOLDTHE
· LORD
STOODBESIDEHERANDSAIDIAMTHELORDTHEGODOFABRAHAMTHYFATHERANDTHEGODOFISHMAELANDTHEGODOFISAACTHYFATHERTHELANDWHEREONTHOULIESTTOTHEEWILLIGIVEITANDTOTHYSEEDANDTHYGENERATIONSSHALLBEASDUSTONTHEEARTH
ANDSHESAIDTOTHE
· · · LORDGOD
ASDUSTISUSELESSFORALLPURPOSESANDNEEDSANDBENEATHTHEFEETOFBOTHMANANDBEASTSOSHALLYOURCOVENANTBEOFNOUTILITYTOMEORMYPROGENYANDTHE
LORD
SAIDTOHERWORDSTHATSHECOULDNOTHEARANDSHEWASHUMBLEDANDAFTERSHEAGAINCOULDHEARTHE
· LORDGOD
ASHESPOKEANDBEHOLDIAMWITHTHEEANDWILLKEEPTHEEWHITHERSOEVERTHOUGOESTANDWILLBRINGTHEEBACKINTHISLANDUNTILIHAVEDONETHATWHICHIHAVESPOKENTOTHEEOF
ANDJACOBSAIDTOHIMTHISPLACEISNOTMYHOMEIDONOTWISHTOOWNTHISLANDWHEREFORSHOULDITBEGIVENTOMEANDTHE
LORDGOD
SAIDTORAE
Hey man, this isn’t about you.
ITISFORTHYSEEDANDTHYPROGENYTHATYOUWILLSACRIFICETHATWHICHYOUATPRESENTDEEMTOBEOFHIGHESTVALUEANDSHESAIDTOHIMMYSONMYONLYSONITWASASKEDANDTHE
· LORD
SAIDYOUHAVEYETTOMARRYANDKNOWAMANANDSPREADTHYPROGENYANDTHEREFOREITISYOURLIFETHATYOUMOSTVALUEANDISTHATTOCHANGEASKEDRAEASKEDTHE
LORDANDHESAID
THOUSHALTSPREADABROADTOTHEWESTANDTOTHEEASTANDTOTHENORTHANDTOTHESOUTHANDINTHYBUDSHALLALLTHEFAMILIESOFTHEEARTHBEBLESSEDANDBEHOLDIAMWITHTHEEFOR
· I
· AM
· WITH
· THEE
ANDRAEAWAKENEDFROMHISSLEPANDSHESAIDSURELYTHE
· · LORD
ISINTHISPLACEANDIKNEWITNOTANDSHEWASAFRAIDANDSAIDHOWAWFULISTHISPLACEITISNOTHINGELSEBUTTHEHOUSEOF
· GOD
ANDTHISISTHEfuckingPORTALTOHEAVEN!
THISTHEPLACEIAMISHEREAFTERTOBEKNOWNAS
· BETHEL
· THEHOUSEOF
· GOD
ANDINHERFEARANDAWESHELAUGHEDAPATRIARCHALLAUGHTHELAUGHOFRAEJANNARHYEANDTHELAUGHOFALLOFHERGENERATIONSANDANCESTORSTHELAUGHOFABRAHAMBUTESPECIALLOFEVEANDSARAHANDHAGARANDALSOOFTHESNAKEANDOFJACOBOFISREALANDTHELAUGHOFALL
· GODFEARINGWOMEN
I·love·that·the·word·count·for·this·is·43.
For more oddball poetry featuring Janna Rhye, try Wavering draft 3
P.S. if you see any spelling mistakes, please tell me, I can’t spell check this poem at all.
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