I am standing in a cold black shadow. I am running like a chicken with it's head cut off. Bouncing from one black corner to another. Never warm. Just scared. It isn't long before I trip and fall. I feel warm liquid running down through my hair, down my face. I get up, and run, stumbling through the dark. Eventually I sit down in the cold darkness and start to sob. My blood seems to have become cold; I'm so very cold, inside and out.
Then I hear a click. A soft click, as if a light has come on. I look up, and am astonished at what I see: there is a light, and somehow I know that if I could just get close to it, I would never be cold again. I think it's a dream, but I can't taste my own blood in dreams. I run towards the light, but I can't get there. The more I run, the more the light stays the same distance away. I can't get there. I run, and run, and run, and run until my legs fail and I fall on my face, causing my nose to bleed. I don't even bother getting up. I just lie there and cry pathetically.
Then I hear another click. The same click. I look up expecting the light that was my only hope of warmth and safe haven gone, but it isn't. It's even brighter than before, and this time there is a long wooden bridge leading to the light. About two-thirds of the way along there is an intersection. Hesitantly, I step out onto the bridge to the light. I expect sirens to go off, to be pushed off, anything, but I'm not. I step fully out onto the board. My wounds stop bleeding. I'm no longer cold. I feel for the sears, but they are starting to heal. They still sting, but they are healing. A voice, warm and kind talks to me. He calls me by name and says "Finally." We walk, slowly, but steadily along the path. When I am scared, He is with me. When I misstep, He is with me. When I do something right, He is with me.
But then fire erupts, and I am scared and run back to the darkness. It is much easier to go back, but nearly as rewarding. I cower in the dark, remembering the little taste of happiness on the bridge. I look at the dark, and I look at the light. Sure the walk is difficult, but I know when I get to the bright light it will all be worth it. One more glance at the hypnotising light, then once more behind me and I have my decision. What's yours?
If you want to know what I am talking about:
www.thedougandjonshow.com/god/videos/karas-story/
Wow really great! It conveys hardship, hope and the many pitfalls and snares we find along lifes way, but it also shows the goodness and love of God our Father to lead us and rescue us! I think it also really showcases what Jesus said in Matthew 7:7-8 "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened."
ReplyDeleteI wrote something with a similar theme before but it wasn't so personal and I only finished half of it. Bt your writing style is really good, and easy to read and get into right away! Keep writing and God bless! :)
P.P.S. please delete that last comment!! I accidentally posted pesonal information in it when I copied it from my friends site!!! Sorry!! Please delete :)
ReplyDeleteIt's my friends personal info and he'll be upset probably so that's why I ask! Thanks in advance :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting, and I deleted it, but it was really good. I liked reading it. Thanks for the positive feedback. you don't know what it means to me to have another Christian reading my works. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteThanks :) and ditto! :) You've got a neat style of writing, so it's my pleasure to read! God bless! :) Keep writing!!
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to say thank you again. It means a lot that someone I don't know, or don't know that I know, is reading this. And even better a Christian. Just wondering, do you have a blog that I could follow?
ReplyDeleteYup I believe in Jesus and that through Him I'm born again, that He came in the flesh to die for our sins and rose again to conquer death and save us. I love Him because He first loved me (enough to go through death, shame, and torture for my sake)and I hope to continue to grow more in the knowledge of His love!
ReplyDeleteYeah I do have a blog but its not really one on my writing, I was thinking I'll make one though and post some of my stuff, and then share the link if you still want it. :)
my blog is more on my thoughts and less the stuff I write for fun, although I toss in the odd poem or two. But I was thinking of doing more writing ovfer the summer so a new blog might be just what I need. :)
ReplyDeleteI would love to read either one!! God bless:)
ReplyDeleteThanks I'd love some of your input too :) Here is my new blog for some of my writing, only posted a few so far, more to come in the future. :) God bless!
ReplyDeletehttp://writingmymindseye.blogspot.com/