Post by Cindy on Apr 26, 2022 8:12:12 GMT -5
This is an excerpt from one of my favorite fiction books. I get goosebumps every time I read this passage. I think you'll see why!
"DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT MY PRESENCE TRULY MEANS?" He had perceived Ela’s lingering doubts, she knew. ...She felt His presence sucked from her body like air - saw it leave in a whirlwind rising above her. He was gone. No! Ela staggered, fighting to breathe. The mimicry of breath she finally managed was a searing torrent of agony. She tried to raise her hands to her throat, then comprehended that even the dust the Creator had used to sculpt her kind was incapable of holding form without His Presence. She crumbled into the ground itself. Bereft of a body, her soul collapsed in fiery torment, screaming for death & for Him. The world around Ela vanished amid flames, leaving her writhing in agony. Without His sustaining Spirit, she could not endure this measureless cauldron of fire. Where was its end? Where was He? Why couldn't she die? “Infinite! Let me die!” A touch drew her soul from the fire and her body from the dust. Alive, she lie helpless, her face resting against ash tainted desert sand. Clawing the parched ground, which was cold in comparison to what she had just felt, she whimpered, "Please, let me die." "WHAT PURPOSE WOULD YOUR DEATH SERVE NOW?" He seemed so near that Ela imagined she felt His breath restoring her senses, her sanity. She was trembling, unable to even lift her head. How was it possible she still lived? Who could exist without Him? "NOT EVEN THOSE WHO DENY ME CAN LIVE ON THIS WORLD IF I WITHDRAW MY SPIRIT”, the Creator murmured into her thoughts. “I’ve never been without You,” she realized aloud, her voice breaking. “NEVER.” “Never leave me again!” she begged. “NEVER.” He agreed. The word was a promise. “Infinite? Was that like death?" "NO. THAT WAS LIFE WITHOUT ME. DEATH WITHOUT MY PRESENCE IS IMMEASURABLY WORSE, FOR IT BRINGS ETERNITY IN TORMENT, WITHOUT HOPE OF RELEASE." “What gives us hope? What gives us eternity with You?” "FAITH IN ME."
Prophet (books of the Infinite Book #1) By R.J. Larson.
You can read it for free if you have Kindle Unlimited
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0073UPQQS/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i5
"DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT MY PRESENCE TRULY MEANS?" He had perceived Ela’s lingering doubts, she knew. ...She felt His presence sucked from her body like air - saw it leave in a whirlwind rising above her. He was gone. No! Ela staggered, fighting to breathe. The mimicry of breath she finally managed was a searing torrent of agony. She tried to raise her hands to her throat, then comprehended that even the dust the Creator had used to sculpt her kind was incapable of holding form without His Presence. She crumbled into the ground itself. Bereft of a body, her soul collapsed in fiery torment, screaming for death & for Him. The world around Ela vanished amid flames, leaving her writhing in agony. Without His sustaining Spirit, she could not endure this measureless cauldron of fire. Where was its end? Where was He? Why couldn't she die? “Infinite! Let me die!” A touch drew her soul from the fire and her body from the dust. Alive, she lie helpless, her face resting against ash tainted desert sand. Clawing the parched ground, which was cold in comparison to what she had just felt, she whimpered, "Please, let me die." "WHAT PURPOSE WOULD YOUR DEATH SERVE NOW?" He seemed so near that Ela imagined she felt His breath restoring her senses, her sanity. She was trembling, unable to even lift her head. How was it possible she still lived? Who could exist without Him? "NOT EVEN THOSE WHO DENY ME CAN LIVE ON THIS WORLD IF I WITHDRAW MY SPIRIT”, the Creator murmured into her thoughts. “I’ve never been without You,” she realized aloud, her voice breaking. “NEVER.” “Never leave me again!” she begged. “NEVER.” He agreed. The word was a promise. “Infinite? Was that like death?" "NO. THAT WAS LIFE WITHOUT ME. DEATH WITHOUT MY PRESENCE IS IMMEASURABLY WORSE, FOR IT BRINGS ETERNITY IN TORMENT, WITHOUT HOPE OF RELEASE." “What gives us hope? What gives us eternity with You?” "FAITH IN ME."
Prophet (books of the Infinite Book #1) By R.J. Larson.
You can read it for free if you have Kindle Unlimited
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0073UPQQS/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i5
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