Escape from the Dark Voyage by Shelly M. Morton

Author:Shelly M. Morton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Trilogy Christian Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2022-10-11T18:58:26+00:00

Chapter 9: Moving Forward

Teenager’s pleas for help had not fallen on deaf ears. The One True Lord was weaving together many strands. His plan is always incomparably beautiful, complex, and incomprehensible to anyone other than the Holy Three-in-One. The prayers of the saints were being heard, and the One True Lord was working in ways Teenager and his family couldn’t possibly have known or understood.

Teenager continued to sit on the floor, wondering how long he had been in this tiny room. Was it hours? Days? Months? He had no idea. He had lost all sense of time.

Maybe, Teenager thought to himself, maybe I’m outside of time. Brother and his friends told me these creatures are fallen angels. Maybe being on their ship puts me outside regular time.

Speculation about such matters helped Teenager occupy his time and keep his mind off the terrible images and possible outcome of his bad choice to come aboard the ship.

Despite the awful circumstances he found himself in, Teenager was not as frightened as he felt during his encounter with the captain. He was exhausted, sweaty, cold, hungry, and desperately thirsty. He was experiencing physical pain and discomfort far greater than anything he had ever known before in his short life.

Despite all that, he could feel somewhere deep down inside a feeling of inner strength he had never experienced. He knew that the feeling of strength was coming from somewhere outside himself and outside this ship, and it wasn’t just because the captain wasn’t in the room. Somehow he sensed this, but he couldn’t be sure. Teenager was beginning to believe that the stories Brother and his friends told him were probably true. Brother said there was a group praying for him. Maybe the prayers were where the source of this new strength came from.

“God,” Teenager said ever so quietly, “I believe You’re there and You see me and know what’s going on. I admit I messed up by coming on this ship. How do I get off? What can I do? Please, God, send someone who can help me. I don’t know what to do.”

Tears began to well up in Teenager’s eyes.

“I want to find the truth, but I don’t know what the truth is. I believe what Brother told me. Brother said You are God and that You are good. I believe what Brother said, God; at least I think I believe. I’m confused and seeking answers. Please, God, please send someone to help me understand and guide me.” After a few seconds, Teenager added, “Amen,” feeling rather sheepish that he didn’t say that to begin with.

Somewhere deep inside Teenager’s heart, in recesses known only to the One True Lord, the seed of faith that had been planted was beginning to open and send an upward shoot.

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Mother was upset, to say the least, but she wasn’t sure exactly why she was upset. She found herself driving around the neighborhood aimlessly. She had stormed out of the house because she couldn’t stand to hear any more of what her son was saying.

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