Forsaken Island by Sharon Hinck

Author:Sharon Hinck [Hinck, Sharon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Christian, Fantasy
ISBN: 9781621841364
Publisher: Enclave Publishing
Published: 2020-09-15T05:00:00+00:00

You call on Me, but will you hear? The voice came not from my own mind, yet not quite riding waves of sound in the air. Stronger than a thought, softer than a voice, woven within my heart, yet also beyond me.

Joy tingled throughout my body. I could bear anything with my Maker present. I sank to my knees, settled back on my heels, and scanned the lake, the slopes of daygrass, the forest’s edge. Would He come as a pillar of light? Would he hover over the water? Awe and longing swirled together. “Where have You been? I’m so alone. Even Brantley can’t help.”

I am here.

I squeezed my eyes shut. “I see danger, I see choices that rip me apart, I see a barrier that traps me. But I can’t see You.”

A sigh rustled the upper branches in the trees at the top of the rise. The people of this island can’t see the ocean. Yet they are carried by it.

I uncurled my fingers where they rested on my legs and lifted my palms. “Open my eyes.” Like the scattered illumination of star rain, pictures tumbled through my mind: Windrider’s smooth gait, Morra’s youthful laughter, Wimmo’s gentle smile, Trilia’s herbs, Navar’s chortle, Jalla’s conversation. Blessings and allies. Gifts to ease my path.

“Thank You,” I whispered. “You are here. Will You help me? I think I should go to the red village. I have to be with Brantley when the effects wear off. They will wear off, won’t they?” I clenched my fists and looked up to the trailhead.

You’ve chosen a course and want Me to bless it.

I was glad He understood. Certainty built. There was really no other choice. Love was guiding me, and love was always the right course.

You call on Me, but will you hear? He asked again.

My certainty crumbled like a day-old salt cake. “I should go back to the red village, right?”

No.

“You want me to go to the green village instead?”

No.

A cold dread looped around my stomach. He truly wasn’t remembering how frail I was. “You want me to stay here and fight the Gardener?”

No.

I pressed the heels of my hands against my forehead. This guessing game frustrated me. “Then what? Those are my only options.”

Can the One who created all worlds also create a new path? But will you hear?

“Why do you keep asking me that? If You will guide me, of course I’ll listen.”

The blue village needs to hear truth. The path begins near the large pine on the opposite rise.

“The blue village?” I lurched to my feet. “Why would You want me to go there?”

The impression of a gentle smile wafted through my heart. How eager you are to hear My guidance.

My shoulders slumped. I longed to trust Him fully, yet my first reaction was to resist His path. “I’m sorry. If that is where You send me, I’ll go. But Brantley isn’t in his right mind. Shouldn’t I help him first? If I go to the red village, he can work with me.

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