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THE SECRET PLACE  - truth in a short story

9/3/2013

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Olga was ugly. It was difficult to think of another adjective to describe her. Her two front teeth protruded to display an unbecoming twist when she smiled, which she seldom did. Her pale, freckled skin exposed every blemish, her hair resembled buttered spaghetti, and as if that wasn’t enough, she inhabited a bulky, amorphous body. At sixteen, when most of the girls at school acquired admirers, she skulked, lumpen and alone in her misery, hating them all and hating herself. Her scathing sarcasm earned her the title, which had she been kinder she might have avoided, of Ugly Olga.

Solitary weekends were spent tramping in the woods next to her home, avoiding her two brothers, who surpassed her meanness but got away with it by being better looking. One fine Saturday morning found her aimlessly following an unused path, recounting to herself her grievous misfortunes. Her steps grew more leaden with the weight of her dismal meditation until eventually she stopped to flick away the sadness leaking down her cheeks. A great longing took hold of her – longing for a single taste of happiness. It had belonged to her once for a short while, but that was before her brothers had forced her in front of a mirror and made sport of her, before she grew spikes in place of her feminine sweetness.

A tiny fleck of colour in the tangled vegetation caught her eye. Drawing aside the creeping mass to see what it was, she discovered a hardly visible, old sign post displaying a remarkably clear red arrow. Intrigued she walked on, wondering what this could mean. Coming to a fork in the track, she scouted half-heartedly



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I am Mary, I am Martha

2/8/2013

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I am Mary at heart. In the evening, I ramble across the fields with my friend, Jesus, knowing how privileged I am to be sharing the joy of creation with the Creator Himself, and I sense His delight in my appreciation of His artwork.

Sometimes I sit on an anthill and ask Him things, or just listen to the tiny sounds around me and perceive His unfathomable greatness, reaching beyond the galaxies and yet revealed in every tiny detail. Wisdom, Perfection, Awesome Power, and yet fully focused on my every thought, spending moments with me that stretch on to eternity. His words are a gentle whisper - I cannot catch them all, so I hold them lightly against my heart and wait.

I am Martha in the flesh - too busy to wander about on hills. 100 things to be done, and fast! People get in my way, keep interrupting me. They're everywhere - in the traffic, on ends of phones, on the streets asking for my money, in the bathroom when I want it, even staying in my house!


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A GLIMPSE OF HEAVEN

11/21/2012

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Consider for a moment the pleasure of spending time with someone you really love and enjoy being with - you appreciate their sense of humour, their particular style of expression, and find their conversation stimulating and entertaining. A great part of being with them is that you know they feel the same about you, and you just seem to come alive in their presence because they affirm everything positive in you. Time spent in such company always runs out too fast.

Now imagine countlesss numbers of exquisite personalities with whom you have this same joyous relationship, and with each one a slightly different facet of your own character is experienced. The excitement of seeing each other, of getting to know one another, and of sharing each other's lives is beyond measure. And then imagine the glorious reality that there is no limit to the time . . . and I believe you have a picture of one aspect of heaven. And in those endlessly delightful relationships and connectedness, the infinite love of Jesus is fully experienced and shared forever.
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     I like to view life from an eternal perspective and at the same time be fully absorbed in the amazing present moment, staying aware of how the two dimensions are constantly interacting.
       I love God and all the beauty He has created everywhere around us to reveal His nature. As our Designer, He allows each one of us to share in His expression of Himself in a unique way. There is only one of me, and there is only one of you!

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