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,…
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…
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…
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…