His Precious Gift

HIDE AND SEEK   In a beautiful garden called Sacred Meadows lived a father, his eldest son, along with his twin sisters Spirit and Soul. They had two younger sisters Emotion and Thinker and a younger brother Will. They loved each other deeply. Laughter and melodic sounds of worship and adoration always filled the air. There was one problem, though, they had loud and boisterous neighbors who lived in the valley below who were always fighting, shouting, and disturbing the…

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WHERE IS SPIRIT?  As you recall, in our last story, Soul and Thinker deceived their sister, Spirit, to play hide and seek so she would go with them to the city, in the valley, to have fun. But, it was a place forbidden by their father and Spirit spoke adamantly against it. When they got close to the steep hill, Thinker pushed Spirit down the hill and they all slid down behind her. It was a very rocky and arduous…

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LONGING FOR PEACE AND SECURITY If you remember from our last story Spirit died, Soul, Thinker, Emotion, and Will were unable to return home to their loving father and elder brother. No matter how much they tried, their attempts to climb the steep hill from which they slid down ended in disappointment. So what do they do now without Spirit, to lead and guide them, they thought? Thinker told Soul, “Since our sister, Spirit, is sleeping and we cannot wake…

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COFFEE WITH SELF PITY  I met Self-pity one day while lounging on the porch of my soul. You see, I was in pain, depressed, and feeling overwhelmed by the challenges of life. Self-pity insisted on coming to sit with me, she said, “I see the struggles you are facing, can we chat?” So she poured coffee in my cup and began to listen to my woes. She nodded her head affirming me that she understood each word I said. Then,…

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EMOTION’S NEW IDENTITY   In the Sacred Journey, Part 3, we discovered the siblings’ father and brother in Sacred Meadows had not forgotten them and were making plans for the eldest son to rescue them. The siblings realized as they wandered into the new city called “The World” was not as it appeared to be. At first, they had fun drinking, laughing, dancing, then, all the festivities ended in fighting, yelling, screaming, and confusion. So much so, the siblings hid in…

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THINKER’S NEW IDENTITY   In the Sacred Journey, Part 4, Emotion has a new identity. She no longer expresses herself by being gentle, kind, patient, loving, caring, and compassionate toward others. Flesh taught her how to be self-centered, in control and how to control others by negatively expressing her feelings. He instructed her on how to use anger as a strategy of getting what she wants. Because of using his ways of managing life, she now lives dominated by fear,…

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WILL AND SOUL NEW IDENTITY In the Sacred Journey, Part 5, Thinker has a new identity, her thoughts, values, and beliefs are no longer those taught by her father in Sacred Meadows. Thinker has embraced the thoughts of Flesh. Thinker believes she is better than others, more intelligent, and everyone else beneath her. She learned to solve problems her way. She exalted herself to a place in her own eyes as ‘god,’ lacking nothing and needing no one. As Flesh and…

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WHEN MORE IS NEVER ENOUGH   In the Sacred Journey Part 6, Will and Soul have a new identity and a new master, Sin. Sin taught them how to be independent of others and depend only on themselves. He introduced them to the pleasures of life without rules or boundaries. He deceived them by misinterpreting what their father in Sacred Meadow taught them that ‘The World’ was a bad place. Sin insisted ‘The World’ was a place to be your…

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ALIVE AGAIN!   In The Sacred Journey Part 7, we learned more was never enough. No matter what accomplishments the siblings achieved, no matter what riches and notoriety they experienced, they needed more to fill the emptiness they felt. Soul expressed the longings of her heart for contentment, peace, and love. Deep inside their hearts, the siblings knew what they longed for was real because they experienced the fullness of those desires in Sacred Meadows. Sin tried to convince them…

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THE PERFUME THAT HEALS   In the Sacred Journey, Part 8, Spirit is Alive again. Grace, Spirit’s elder brother, and her uncle Truth came into ‘The World’ from Sacred Meadows to rescue their family members from the tyranny of Evil One and his family. Grace and uncle Truth devised a plan to enter the city unnoticed and blend in with the citizens of ‘The World’ to find Soul, Emotions, Thinker and Will.   As morning arose in ‘The World,’ Grace…

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