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Topic: ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS (don't write about the song) (05/14/15)
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TITLE: The Path is Long and Narrow | Previous Challenge Entry
By Hugh Houchin
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Furthermore, immediately after reading the contract, unknown objects began flying into the control site. While some of the objects ran out of energy before they reached their target, others missed and passed it by. One of them, though, scored a direct hit and penetrated the protective haven that surrounded the site.
The section trembled and uprooted future growth from the foundation. Searching for a new spot to inhabit, the loose structure retreated deeper into the site. But, it didn’t take long until the framework absorbed future growth into a new location. Once again, the control site could move onward and create new life.
Moreover, the onslaught of the self-propelled objects infused a sense of urgency into the complex. The moving onward project made simple patterns become meticulous processes. Each part needed to conform to the ultimate likeness and purpose of the total unit. If one segment failed to perform, the whole mechanism could malfunction.
Like a seamstress who knitted a piece of art to bequeath as a token of love, the site fitted together the parts that would make the whole. This meant new projections, new designs, and new molds. No time for conjecture; the journey was too important.
Months later the composition was nearing completion. It was approaching the time for the design of love to move onward to the next step, which meant relocating to unlimited space.
Control site created future growth for a one-way trip that was fraught with peril. The site knew that once the trip started it was impossible to return. The site knew that future growth would either find unlimited space or face desolation.
It was time. The product of perfection left the control site, and, right away, encountered different varieties of underbrush; they were dense from years of unfettered growth. Through instinct, the ideal specimen attempted to move onward by pushing and squeezing through the dense growth. The risk of leaving an appendage in the near impenetrable surroundings was imminent.
As the hours of the slow excursion passed, no billboards appeared to advertise the way to unlimited space; nothing brightened the path. If future growth would get stuck there was no help. So, just keep moving onward.
Battered and fatigued, the creation found the will and stamina to continue to move onward; then a vibration shuddered through the path. With renewed energy, future growth rammed and strained, and, once again, the clogged path vibrated. Also, the wall that surrounded the area continually moved up and down.
With one last thrust the travail ended, and the baby gasped for a breath.
“It’s a boy!”
With a special tenderness from being part of delivering a gift from God, the doctor lay the crying and exhausted child onto his sobbing mother’s outstretched arms.
“Welcome Mr. Christian Soldiers,” a voice said. “I’m your dad, and it’s your mom who’s holding you. We’ve been waiting, and we love you very much. With God’s help, as a family, together, we’ll move onward. Our hearts have unlimited space for you. You’re home.”
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