“Please try and hold on. I only have six more months to go, and then I am out of here. And I can help you once I’m on the outside. You must try and hold on till then. Please let me help you.”

Distressed by the idea of refusing his empathetic request, I replied, “I don’t know if I can survive one more hour. Let alone six more months. We both know it’s no use.”

storm clouds image by 1 Tamara 2, on Pixabay

I just knew by his expression he knew me to speak the truth and even so, and with this being my regrettable reality, I quickly turned back round before his adoring eyes would change my resolve.

……Consumed by grief knowing that if I should ever look back now it would virtually be impossible for me to ever leave him behind.

I pressed down on the door handle knowing full well I was setting myself for no less than an emotional and physical upheaval.

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Running out into the night, the alarms instantaneously began to sound off all around me……. My tears seemingly never ended with the prospect of a lifetime of heartache before me, and once I was safely hidden from the meddlesome guards. I took a short-lived sigh of relief and kept on running with a thankful heart unto the Lord for my trusty old leather jacket to help keep out the chilly night air. I also noticed as the sights and sounds of the commotion grew fainter into the distance, I began to grow more acquainted with my surroundings. With the skies above overcast and hanging low. I thought it to be the perfect metaphor for my overall gloomy life story.

storm clouds image by Dawn Rose, on Pixabay

When I left Caleb behind.With tears of anguish, I’d seek out God’s never- failing love and found comfort in knowing I could always count on my heavenly Father to see me through yet another disastrous experience I call my life.

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The Sounds of Roaring Thunder from above had shockingly awakened me up right out of a sound sleep. Looking up passed the treetops, lighting began flashing across the night sky. With it came thoughts of this wicked world as it is written in 2nd Thessalonians 2:8, And Then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming.

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CREDITS

Holy Scriptures, King James Bible

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Jesus clouds image by Meranda D, on Pixabay

cross clouds field image by Chil Vera

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