"Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light"
-Helen Keller
"Why did that quote just hit me now? Brain, tell me please. Hopper has a lot of friends walking with him in the dark but I'm slowly starting to get people to walk with me in the light. So, is it truly better on Hopper's end that he walks in the dark or am I just not seeing who's with me in the light? On all my journeys I've walked with a ton of people but none of them have been as close as a true friend. How did my brother put it? Friends fight for you, respect you, include you, encourage you, need you, deserve you, and stand by you. They are like stars. You don't always see them but you know they are there so where are you when I need you now? Where are you to see my first tear, catch my second and stop the third?
Maybe it would be best if I join my brother instead of using all my energy to withstand him. I don't think I can stand it anymore. Why did I have to say yes when mom saw me as the future leader of the church? I am nothing but a drop. My mouth clenches up when in despair. My words stumble and trip over themseveles when I know what not to say. There are days my feet cling to the bed because I don't want to move. So how did I go from that to this. It would be better if I were dead."
"Hello, Sixth Star. I said I would be there when you fell and here I am. Cursed be the ground on which thee walks; for on this day you will know that it was your actions that led to the downfall of the church. There is but one thing you can say to me that will put all of this aside. Curse God and die for yee are weak!!"
"I will never do such a thing. Even now in my weakened state I know that He will free me in three days time. When a Christian complains, grumbles, gets angry, and lashes out then it is okay for the Bible says be angry but do not sin while doing it. Now begone from me creature of the deep for my God is still my God and no one will deter me from that fact."
"Then you leave me no choice. You may be under the King's hand but your friends are not. It will be lovely watching them cave and thrivle like Croak did. You may not be alone now but in a little while that will all be changed."
"If you touch them then God so help me I'll…...you'll what?"
"That's right! You can't touch me no matter how hard you try cause deep down you know that you need me more than you know. When the Church comes bairing down on you you won't be able to clench its mouth. You may need me but you don't need them. Ta-Ta!!"
"Are we there yet? We've been following this same stretch of water for hours and the boat doesn't seem to be slowing down any. Can we just take a rest and think about this all over tomorrow?"
"Why wait for tomorrow what you can do today? Do you need someone to pick you up, Princess?"
"You're never going to let that go are you? All I'm saying is that we've seen nothing but water and dust out here. No new faces have appeared in the water and no monsters have come out trying to scare us. We are alone in every sense of the word. Look, I'm going to run my hand through the water and nothing's going to happen. Why will nothing happen? Nothing will happen because there is nothing even here. Watch!!"
"Sofia, get back!!!"
"What? Did something finally happen when I touched the water?"
"The face in the water!! It's back and rising to the surface. Aaaghhhh!!!!"
"I'm Genie of the deep!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you very much. No pictures and autographs at this time please."
"What are you doing back here Mist? Come to pull another one of us into the deep end with you? Well, if that's the case then you can just forget it. None of us are going anywhere with you."
"It's nice to see you again too. I would ask how you're doing but since you're still following my toy boat I need not ask the obvious. The reason why I've come back is that my mind is troubled with questions, doubts and myths so I was wondering if any of you coud help free me from my troubled state?"
"Why do you think we would want to help you?"
"Girls, girls listen. We both want the same thing at the end of the day. We both have troubled minds and are trying to figure out why and how Sixth star is so confident with what she believes. It seems that whenever we ask questions and voice our opinion; my sister just shuts us down like our voices don't even matter. Girls, I believe these are relevant true questions we need to ask no matter how stupid and dumb they sound. In order to make a change we need to be the change. We may not be the first people to attempt to make a change but Sofia, at least you're not called Sofia the worst!"
"You...you heard all of that."
"Honey, I hear and see everything. You can't grow without watching others' experiences. I just want to be there wheneven someone falls so that I can pick them up and teach them the Truth!"
"The Truth eh? I thought the truth is entitled to everyones personal opinion of it?"
"At long last we have a smart one here among us. Yes, Genie the truth is subject to one's own opinion of it but not Thee Truth. John 1:1,
'In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning and through Him all things were made. Without Him nothing was made that has been made before. In Him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darknes has not overcome it.' That may be what the Truth is but can we still not freely ask questions upon which we do not know the answers? Jesus tells us to come to Him whenever we have questions so why is it that we always get shut down when we try to make our voice heard?
A little while earlier you asked a series of questions which my sister did not answer but I gave my best shot to answer. You asked Who Made God and who has all the power? Is the Holy Spirit truly the powersource giving out gifts to whomever he feels? To that I answered with Jesus nor God are who you should fear but the Holy Spirit. My sister, unable to defend herself, was brought to the depths of the deep by her own actions alone. Now that she is out of the way we can sit down and have a more serious conversation without interruptions this time. Let us now go back to your first question of, Who made God? If I may, I want to expound on that question and further state, Who made God Just? Who made Him Holy? Who made Him trustworthy? Who made Him righteous? Who made Him blameless? Finally I want to add Who made Him fair?
Did He sit down with Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and a wad of angels to ask them who they thought He was or did He just say that I am who I am? If any of you think otherwise of what I just said then I'll punish you severely!! Why did He say that? God is a jealous God and He even said that Himself so what do all jealous people have in common?"
"They hate everybody who they feel should respect them when that person goes against the jealous person's wishes?"
"You are….correct!! Now if you would let me I want to share with you some passages out of the Bible where it comes into play our questioning of God's judgement and character. May I?"
"My heart is yours to explore! Why are you looking at me like that? What's that smile on your face?"
"Oh, it's nothing. I'm just happy that you said your heart is mine to explore when I'm sure you meant to say mind. I'll gladly pluck the bowstrings of your heart but it is not my intention to break you only to educate you."
"Aah, silly me. Spoke too fast I guess."
" Perhaps!! Perhaps not. Either way I don't mind what you said at all. Let us begin. There are two scenarios off the top of my head I want to share with you but if you have time I would like to share much more with you."
"Uhh, I don't have my watch on me so I guess that means you have all the time you need!"
"Sofia, Sofia, Sofia! There is never a dull moment with you is there?"
"The only dull moments I have are when I'm sharpening my pencil!!"
"You know something. That heart of yours is a heart of gold. If I had a heart like that I would….never mind. That's unimportant. Onto our first story shall we?"