Episode 2 – A Grandparent's Counsel
"Your heart does say the same?" Lauren spoke to Ethan. Their looks were unified.
"This comes," he replied in somber, "as it is written…"
"The only choice is then for him to be free…" she was more resolute.
"If a heart is to speak the Truth," Ethan smiled on that thought, "then the Truth is for his freedom to begin… as destiny allows and shows to him the way… God will speed him through."
"A journey to behold…"
"An unknown world in the gasps and yawns of Heaven itself; still not to know where he came; where he is to go…" Ethan seemed to stare out from his inner soul, "He will come to be dismayed… The counsel will then sit with God and from within."
"No chance to direct further," Lauren proposed, "I pray we taught him to do well…"
"As it is written," Ethan smiled and hugged on her; when as much Daniel was seen lurking at the edge of one waterfall, with rainbows dodging about and crossing from one side of the river bed to the other. He seemed to be in play; attempting to catch them as they darted round; though as elusive comes and goes, he could not trap them within the cupping of his hands; though the more he enjoyed the failures of such defeats.
Ethan and Lauren came to him so.
"Come, sit with us for a time Daniel," his grandmother cautioned; yet by that frank equation pressing through some portions within the regions of her eyes, Daniel knew there was a mystery of sorts riddling her wavering stare. She patted the seat beside her.
"Shall we delay on this no further," Ethan began.
"There is a time when the heart speaks in glows," Lauren held his hand, "where embers burn brighter in ones' emotions; greater still, than in other times."
"And as such, the embers burn brightest now…" Ethan concluded her sentence.
"I am disposed of something in error then?"
"No child," Lauren looked to have hardship with her smile when it came forth, "To sit upon the altar of your new destiny is of great and wondrous esteem as it bestows…"
"A new destiny?"
"Daniel," Ethan interceded, "Even unto Heaven, there comes a place where journeys do turn and rotate into different places; of moments, even still, where the calling from our Lord sends us through into something new…"
"I am displaced then…" Daniel seemed worried on this, "I have provoked the Lord to cast me out? … To send me away; to that of the unknown?"
"Shhh," Lauren pressed her hands deeply onto Daniel's face; forcing him to seek out her eye to his, to connect everlasting souls with the other; view the pure particles to the heart; prevail to send messages of assurance; loving embraces all encompassed. Love not to venture far, but to transcend; give rest where the weary lay; hold hands with the lonely; give hope in the escape of despair, "There are pardons no more… By Jesus' grace and mercy, are you born everlasting to this which we speak of... There is none to abandon this; but greater service is the need here…"
"To what end however?" Daniel softly asked.
"I know not to this," she nearly wept, though no tears do fall in Heaven, "only that a mystery, this is… I wish I had more to give… But in all, it is as Jesus did instruct."
"Jesus?" Daniel seemed profoundly unsure, "I know not when He came on this…"
"We have," Ethan knelt to Daniel, "At the point of your arrival… Jesus spoke to set you free when our hearts did speak the words."
Daniel looked longingly at his grandmother; all in the same disposition; of hope and despair in one eclipse; where the heart leaps from the chest and robs the eyes of its protection, sending thus the purest thought through. Their souls wrapped around one another for one embrace; an enchanting spell of Love and continuance; where Life, even with the everlasting, will endure all. Breaths of wind do blow in ebbs and sways; hearts to conflict, do mend in a stronger weave. There, the soldiers to our glorious affections will bond with no illusions. The sector of this time and place is intimate and of the highest cherish. The family belongs with Hope.
"And they do speak the same?"
"To be free…"
"But to where? My place is here…"
"Will you return; greater than by the road you leave on…"
"Where will I go?" Daniel stared on his grandfather.
"The Lord has cast His long shadow out; there is His desire for you to follow it," he took to hug Daniel, "The journey starts, of one dispatch. No moments delayed. No place farthest still, will keep you from our hearts to yours'. Our countenance is locked by the promise of our Father's loving grace. You will see… You will never be the Bedouin you seem as predisposed to believe."
"I feel I am being punished…"
"Oh to the contradiction, young Daniel," Lauren pulled her grandson closest to her still, "You are being graced…"
"You are the chosen…"
Daniel rose from his seat; his tall presence to tower now from all among them. More like a man than a boy; a child did he own, and will serve him well; God's grace to the innocence; the purest heart not stolen or misplaced; emptied out to humility; no heirs did he make. The Heavens were his guide. The sights of regal sensations to behold, where shooting stars did lay the handles to his compass; no bearings required; no destination but to where his step did go; the haven stood in each of his steps.
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