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By Daniel Tichota
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It started as a peaceful pet, wandering over to me like a helpless kitten that hadn’t eaten in days. Its skin clung tightly to its body, exposing the fine detail of the rib cage. Each tender noise beckoned me to pay it attention. And glancing into its eyes only reaffirmed in my being that this homeless, living thing needed my help. As I jogged my mind and pondered with each pacing step, something inside told me I needed it as much as it needed me.
So I did what anyone in my shoes would do, I took it home. I cared for it, loved it, and named it. This was my pet; my only friend in the world I knew of struggles. Ironic how what started out as a gentle act of mercy soon twisted into a struggle for life. Amongst all the pampering and loving I never saw its attack coming. I never realized that it had the potential to steal me of life.
I should have seen the signs. Where once harmless silence, now growls and roars of dominance heard. The days of soft touch, replaced by the scratching of infected talons, ripping deeper and deadlier into my flesh. A smile that once warmed and melted my heart, now surpassed by the devilish smirk of Satan himself. And I stand only in the shadows of hopeful mercy, which I know will never come. From within my pet has derived the beast that cannot be quenched of his desire for more. Away from this monster named SIN, I must break free.
Where can I run? Where can I hide from this creature of prey whose chain wraps tight around my neck? My every move producing a resonance on rusty metal that brings upon me more of his vicious wrath. Once the owner, now I am the owned. Is there any hope? My heart is heavy, as I grow stronger in my yearning for freedom.
A light bulb of hope flickers with a dull hum. The memories of freedom and victory are on the horizon, for as every tormenting day passes, a slight prayer for help is heard. Till finally, all breaks loose. The eternal battle over my soul is waged by the start of a death-defying feat never to be repeated. As the slave driver vomits his commands upon me, so the angles of heaven war for my freedom with such vigor and zeal. The Strong One will win. With each word of prayer on my lips, with each heartfelt desire spilling out into the open space, the battle rages on.
And then it happens! DEATH! But not the death I had desired; not the death I prayed for. My prayer was for freedom, and now the only hope for redemption lies dead. Oh the sorrow that fills my soul, as I look upon the majestic agent of freedom, helpless. Now I, still choked by the collar of my sinful master, begin to lose heart that I will ever be free.
What’s this? He is not dead? He’s alive? HE’S ALIVE! My redeemer is alive! Like a cannon bursting forth its fiery explosion, my deliver bursts forth from the dead ground to avenge my fate. With the swoop of his majestic sword my rusty chain is snapped in two and I taste freedom for the first in a long time. The gasp of air that fills my lungs is pleasant and satisfying as I experience it again. Then with the roar of a mighty lion protecting his cub, my avenger banishes the beast from his sight.
In the presence of his holy majesty I am summoned to come close. Only one question is asked to me. “Which do you desire, the life of sin or that of total satisfaction?”
I pause. I recall the look in the harmless beast’s eyes at the beginning and who he became. I look now into the eyes of the one in front of me. No false purity within these eyes, for these eyes hold true life. Tears stream down as I flop in his arms and cry out, “I desire you!”
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