The Adventures of Millie Ruth: The Land of the Lights: Chapter 4

IChapter 4

Sometimes in life we must fall in order to be caught. Generally this is the rule of grace, and Millie soon found herself riding on Blue's back. 

"My pardon my dear , I'm not used to carrying such delicate weight. I usually stick with nuts or things like that."

Oh , it's , um, it's okay , I'm just glad you ...

"My dear my dear , this a matter of the courts . You see, I knew a girl would be entering our world by order of the King. And well here we are dear," 

"I don't think I feel good"

Dearest , me either . The King seemed concerned about your safety . He is awfully sorrowful these days ... You know these are the last days.

Millie couldn't help but start to worry, "what is going on ?" This wasn't supposed to happen , life was not going as it was just yesterday . 

What do you mean by the last days? Asked Millie .

Oh dear where have you been !? We've been preparing for ages and now you ask what do I mean ?! Oh can you even live with such a thought. Where I'm taking you has all the answers you seek. Where your going the King will address , your adventure has only begun ... Hold on tight we are way behind schedule !

At that , Ez , flew faster and Millie clung tighter . Both were silent for the rest of the flight as the river winded down towards a large mountain where stood the Kingdom. None who enter its gates leave unchanged ... 

Two Paths

There are two paths.

None more, none less.

There are only two types of people.

None more, none less.

There are only two eternal destinations.

None more, none less.

One leads to Life.

One leads to Death.

One leads to Freedom.

One leads to Slavery.

One leads to Peace.

One leads to Torment.

One leads to Love.

One leads to Hate.

One leads to Joy.

One leads to Weeping.

One leads to Praise.

One leads to Gnashing.

One leads to Rest.

One leads to Chaos.

There are only two paths

None more, none less.

Beware lest you walk on one and not the other.

Beware if you think you are on one and actually the other.

There will come a Day.

When we will all be Judged

Every good deed and bad

It is coming...

It will not delay...

Tonight you make your bed where you will remain...

For Eternity.

There are two paths

None more, none less.

So lost not knowing what to do.
Always coming back to this
Whats my life's purpose?
Wrestling back and forth
Back and forth
Up and down
Whats keeping me back?


If we could live eternally minded...

What would this look like?

If live like authentic Christians, what does this look like?

I know what the world wants us to look like:

Nice house, nice cars, nice bank account, nice retirement, nice shopping, nice eating out, nice careers, nice yards, nice beach homes, nice mountain homes, nice condo homes, nice lake house , nice boat...

What does it mean to live like a Christian? What choices do we make?

Who am I serving>?

The Adventures of Millie Ruth: The Land of the Lights: Chapter 3

Chapter 3

In the blink of an eye, something had caught Millie's shoulders and started to fling her into the open sky. It felt sharp and cold, yet soft and warm. It sunk deep into her arms, gripping tighter and tighter. There was a small breeze that her entire body could sense, it was coupled with a sound she had faintly recognized from back home. A mere flapping noise, as if a dove were taking a bath.

Too afraid to look up or down, Millie closed her eyes and prayed. As she continued to excel into the unknown air, the ground below was starting to come into full perspective.

The scenery much strange to you and I, was actually quite understandable now. For down below, the white floor was now completely covered in golden water and filling up like a bath tub. It was a huge crater. From the East there flowed a Giant River that was dispensing its beauty into the crater in the form of grand waterfalls. The lights were much more warmer now, and winter was passing as ice from the Great Mountain was now in full melt. The air being more thick now had cast a misty rain down into the crater, and one as small as a child would've thought it to be rain. Sweeping to the left of the Giant River were trees. Green canopies of leaves and brown bark to support their sway. Grass was actually starting to form around the River as the gold rushed past. Spring had arrived in full force and the lights above still yielded their bright display with the white sky as their canvas.

The talons of the bird had finally made their way into a resting place for Millie's shoulders. His wings were now much quieter as he and Millie glided down the River's path. He was carrying a small bottle loosely in his silver beak and wore a tiny red hat on the crest of his head. His bright blue body could be easily seen for miles and his wings were striped black like prison bars. Millie was being carried by his enormous feet that were uncommonly baby blue and uncommonly bare, for he typically wore red boots to match his hat.

What seemingly happened next was due to his concern for Millie's arms and his lack of patience in carrying her. He simply let go, and Millie, still with her eyes closed, was in free fall.

Adventures of Millie Ruth: The Land of the Lights: Chapter 2

Chapter 2

There was a light mist falling from the white ceiling above. Millie's eyes became starry as the mist started to settle on her brows, gently reminding her she was still in a foreign world. The mist slowly turned into rain drops, but these were no ordinary rain drops. Golden drops of rain started to descend from the lights above.

"Could it be the lights' reflection?" Millie wondered out loud.

But no, the rain drops themselves were pure gold. They fell as normal as rain itself, but if one were to sit out a bucket, they would have golden water within minutes. The white floor started to form little puddles all around. They were dancing and swaying with an unknown wind from the East. Ripples from the puddles began to take shape as Millie noticed the land was starting to become like a small pond. One would want to go play and jump around if no teachers were looking, but Millie could not help but stare at the spectacle in front of her.

Golden waterfalls not more than twenty feet away started gushing down from the ceiling above. It was as if someone has opened a hatch and let summer in. The lights were now more yellow than white as one would suspect and the waters' glory was starting to roar. Like every great waterfall, the sound was toxically beautiful amongst the dead silent lights. The smooth glossy floor was no longer white and bare, but golden and full.

"But where will all this water go?" thought Millie.

Looking around Millie could see no living creature in sight. Her tattered blue jeans and her brown moccasins were starting to become a nuisance as the puddles of gold started to rise up to her ankles. She was beginning to realize this place may be dangerous and she began to feel uneasy. The box like nature of the new world started to close in on her slowly as the golden rain began to reach her knees and the waterfalls ahead didn't seem like quitting anytime soon.

"Help! Someone!" Millie shouted.

The Adventures of Millie Ruth: The Land of the Lights: Chapter 1

The Land of the Lights

Chapter 1

Now before I begin, I want you to know this a story about adventure. I fear though, you have misplaced your desire for adventure and therefore I urge you, to put away your grownup thinking. Instead, think like a child; a restless and joyful child. If you cannot do this, I would assure you by the end of the book that you should've stopped reading at this instance. The only reason you continued reading was to prove me wrong, and I daresay that is very childish of you...

The light was whiter than snow, yet yellow. I know this is hard to imagine. It is much like a white light bulb, and then at the same, like a yellow light bulb. And there was no sound. None at all, only bright yellow white lights, perfect and not blinding.

"This place is quite queer" thought Millie.

And she was right. For many strange and wonderful things take place in lands far away; in lands where Owls can talk and Kings rule with honesty and justice. In lands where beauty is not forgotten, and curious languages echo in the canyons. Ah yes, this place was much like the dreams you once had when you were little.

The ground was blizzard white and hard as stone, yet it was smooth and glossy. Millie expected green grass, but it was nowhere in sight, only endless miles of white flooring. You cant blame her for thinking like this, after all, just a couple minutes ago she was standing in her backyard playing with her best friend Phineas. Whom everyone called Phin.

It was hard to recall at first how she got her. She couldn't remember much other than small glimpses of her afternoon. She saw Phin with a baseball glove in his right hand and the ball just about to leave his left. There was the blue sky with white clouds full of puffs. And there was Bogart the dog running after the ball Phin had just thrown to her.

"Why cant I remember how I got here"? Millie pondered this after some more failed attempts to get past Phin, the blue sky, and Bogart.

As Millie stood pondering, time itself was growing older and the lights still twinkled up above. One would suspect something dramatic would happen next, but it did not. The same timeless trance of lights, white flooring, and Millie herself were all that was in The Land of the Lights.

Stuck

Stuck in a rut

Nowhere to go

Sounds familiar

From someone I know

 

 



Exactly

"You are exactly what we need, only You can satisfy" - Rend Collective Experiment

Can I trust

 

You ?

 

That You are my deepest Need

 

That You will satisfy

That in You my life will have purpose

That my life will have meaning

Significance

 

 

For its not about mere survival with You

 

Will You be there to catch me>?

Will You be there and take care of me>?

Will You give us our heart's desire?

Will You lead me to where I shall go>?

 

 

Can I believe that You are exactly what I need?

That only you can satisfy>?

 

FREEDOM DOESNT EXIST INSIDE WEALTH
ITS SEPARATE
FOUND ONLY IN CHRIST

 

 

Quit looking...

Take It

Take it

 

Cause I cant bear it;

 

My lack of trust is appalling.

 

I go from thought to thought

 

Disregarding, disregarding;

 

 

That Your near

 

That in You there is no fear

 

That I am safe,

 

Because I have You;

 

 

like Thomas I must touch

 

To see

 

My mind is an endless game

 

Of Safety to merely Be

 

 

Always thinking money

could be the answer

knowing deep down

its empty promises

 

 

Mere fleeting

Thoughts of power and pride

 

Foolish and simply Beating

My self up

 

 

God take this heart

Of mine

Take this mind

Of mine

Take this soul

of mine

 

Take it cause I cannot bear it

 

Take it ,

 

Cause I cannot bear it

All Things New

Peace be still, you are near...
There is nowhere You cant go...
You will shine
Redemptions hour

We come alive
And Your making all things new
You are making all things new
And we are free

- Elevation Worship

Eternal & Real

My Mimi passed away last night.

My Poppy before her.

I know my mom is hurting, she now has lost both her mom & dad.

This is a short life.

The Bible says our life is but a vapor, a mere mist.

We only have 1 shot at this life.

It may be painful and awfully frustrating at times to let people in.

But the joy and love are worth more than the pain

If we don't love our friends and family with genuine Godly love.

We will have regrets.

We must let people in and be vulnerable

If we don't , we will never experience true love and what God intended for our lives.

I am talking to souls who know and love the Lord only.

Unfortunately this call does not apply to the ungodly...

Again this life is short.

Make the most of it with the ones God has put in your life for a reason.

This life has purpose.

Its Eternal

And

Its Real.