Post by JCD on Jan 19, 2017 9:47:57 GMT -8
This is an Original Short Story with a Life Lesson by Craig Sheehy.........
Presented as written with no changes as it is written from his heart how the Holy Spirit speaks to him. I hope you will all be Blessed!
CHRIST’S UNWANTED SOLDIER
THE YEAR 1127 A.D. THE PLACE UNKNOWN,THE PURPOSE REDEMPTION
SET APART A DRIFTER ,A LONER A MAN SET IN SILENCE
BORN OF PAIN RAISED IN BONDAGE OF POVERTY AND SHAME
A MAN SET ALONE IN A WORLD OF MANY AND YET HE BELONGED THERE
A MAN WITH A UNKNOWN PURPOSE SET BEFORE HIM HIM UNWITTINGLY BY THE KINDEST MAN HE EVER MET
A GOOD SHEPHERD IN A FIELD TENDING HIS SHEEP
WILL CALL THIS UNWANTED SOLDIER UW QUITE A FITTING NAME FOR THIS MAN FOR WHEN OTHERS SAW HIM THERE WORDS WERE UW
UW BEING SET ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF HIS BATTALION YOU SEE UW WAS EXPENDABLE TO HIS UNIT
THEY CARED NOT FOR HIM AT ALL ,YET HE SURVIVED HE THRIVED ON HIS OWN
HE WAS A WATCHER A SCOUT
FOUGHT BATTLES NO MAN SAW OR KNEW OF THOUGHT OF AS A COWARD
YET HE FACED THE ENEMY ALONE IN THE DARKNESS IN THE PLACES OTHER MEN WOULD NOT TRAVEL
A MAN SET IN THE BOSOM OF HELL TO SERVE THE LIGHT
BEING HUNGRY BEING SET TO SURVIVE ON HIS OWN WITHOUT FOOD OR SUPPLY
JUST TO REPORT THE ENEMIES MOST INTIMATE DETAILS
RISKING LIFE AND LIMB DAILY FOR HIS PEOPLE YET SEEN AS TRASH WILLINGLY
THIS UW HE SET OUT TO ROB THIS SHEPHERD OF A SHEEP FOR HIS BELLY WAS EMPTY
HE NEEDED SUSTENANCE HE NEEDED FOOD
BEING A SILENT WARRIOR HE SLOWLY CREPT UP BEHIND THIS SHEPHERD KNIFE IN MOUTH READY TO POUNCE
JUST AS HE MADE HIS MOVE
THIS KIND SHEPHERD SAID BOLDLY
WHY TAKE WHAT I WOULD GLADLY GIVE IF YOU BUT ASKED
WHY SET FORTH TO KILL YOUR FRIEND
WHY DESTROY WHEN YOU CAN BUILD
SILENCE SET THE SEEN THE KNIFE DROPPED
UW STOOD AND WEPT CLOSED HIS EYES
THE SHEPHERD QUOTED
YOU ARE MINE MY CHILD SET FORTH IN MY PURPOSE
GO COMPLETE YOUR PURPOSE IN ME
WHEN UW OPENED HIS EYES THE SHEPHERD WAS GONE HIS BELLY WAS FILLED YET HE HAD NOT EATEN
UW WAS LOST WAS THIS A DREAM WAS THIS HIS IMAGINATION
DID HE FALL BUMP HIS HEAD
ALL UW KNEW WAS HE BELIEVED WHAT HE HEARD WAS TRUE
YET HIS PURPOSE WAS NOT EXPLAINED
HE KNEW IT NOT
SO UW WENT BACK TO HIS DUTIES SERVING THE KING
WITHOUT KNOWING HE WAS SERVING THE KING THE TRUE KING CHRIST JESUS
UW TRAVELED MANY LANDS FOUGHT MANY BATTLES
DID THINGS HAUNTED HIS SOUL
EACH MORNING HE WOKE QUOTED
OH ,LORD MY FOES ARE SO MANY!
MANY ARE THOSE WHO ATTACK ME;
MANY SAY OF ME,
“THERE IS NO DELIVERANCE FOR HIM THROUGH GOD”
SELAH
BUT YOU,O LORD ARE A SHIELD ABOUT ME,
MY GLORY,HE WHO HOLDS MY HEAD HIGH.
I CRY ALOUD TO THE LORD,
AND HE ANSWERS ME FROM HIS HOLY MOUNTAIN.
SELAH
I LIE DOWN AND SLEEP AND WAKE AGAIN,
FOR THE LORD SUSTAINS ME.
I HAVE NO FEAR OF THE MYRIAD FORCES
ARRAYED AGAINST ME ON EVERY SIDE.
RISE,OH LORD!
DELIVER ME,OH MY GOD!
FOR YOU SLAP ALL MY ENEMIES IN THE FACE;
YOU BREAK THE TEETH OF THE WICKED.
DELIVERANCE IS THE LORD’S;
YOUR BLESSINGS BE UPON YOUR PEOPLE!
UW LOVED THE LORD LOVED THE PSALMS
YET HE STOOD BEFORE THE LORD DID NOT RECOGNIZE THIS FOR THE MOMENT
TRAVELING THROUGH DANGEROUS TREACHEROUS TERRITORIES
UW CAME ACROSS A YOUNG BOY MAYBE 10 YEARS OLD
THEY SPOKE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES UW THOUGHT TO GIVE THE CHILD FOOD AND WATER HEAD ON HIS WAY FOR THE CHILD WOULD SLOW HIM DOWN WAS THIS THE CHILD OF A FRIEND OR ENEMY HE KNEW NOT
SO HE TENDED THE BOY MOVED ON SO HE THOUGHT THE BOY BEING A MOUNTAIN DWELLER KEPT UP WITH UW AS HARD AS HE TRIED TO LOSE HIM
SOON UW BEAN TO RESPECT THIS CHILD HIS DETERMINATION
HIS HEART SO UW BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN LET BOY CATCH UP
BUT UW WORRIED FOR THIS BOY IN BATTLE HE WOULD BE A DISTRACTION GET IN THE WAY
IT DIDN’T TAKE LONG BEFORE UW MET HIS FIRST BAND OF ENEMIES A SMALL BAND OF 6 SOLDIERS UW HID THE CHILD A MOVED FORWARD WITHOUT HESITATION AND A GREAT STRUGGLE BEGAN SWORDS SWINGING BLOOD FLYING
SOON UW FOUND HIMSELF IN THE MIDST OF PROFESSIONAL SOLDIERS HE THOUGHT WERE A BAND OF MISFITS UW HELD HIS OWN TILL HE TRIPPED AND FELL HIS LEG BECAME LOGGED AMIDST THE ROCKS THE FINAL SOLDIER APPROACHED SLOWLY SWORD IN HAND READY TO TAKE UWS LIFE FOR UWS SWORD WAS OUT OF HIS REACH JUST AS THE ENEMY WAS TO SLAY UW
THE BOY PICKED UP UWS SWORD DROVE IT THROUGH
THIS YOUNG BOY SAVED A WARRIOR FROM DEATH
THE BOY BEGAN TO LEAD UW
AND HE FOLLOWED FIGHTING MANY BATTLES PROTECTING THIS YOUNG BOY WITH HIS LIFE
WHEN SUDDENLY IN THE DISTANCE A BURNING CASTLE FROM A HARD FOUGHT BATTLE
UW STOPPED WAS THIS A ENEMY BUT THE BOY PULLED AT HIM URGING HIM FORWARD
UPON ARRIVAL GREETED WITH LOVE AND KINDNESS FOR HE HAD SAVED THE KING'S CHILD
WHO WOULD LIVE ON TO SERVE OUR LORD CHRIST JESUS MIGHTILY
THE PRINCE PUT THIS PSALM IN UWS HEART
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD;
I LACK NOTHING.
HE MAKES ME TO LIE DOWN IN GREEN PASTURES;
HE LEADS ME TO WATER IN PLACES OF REPOSE;
HE RENEWS MY LIFE;
HE GUIDES ME IN RIGHT PATHS
AS BEFITS HIS NAME.
THOUGH I WALK THROUGH A VALLEY OF DEEPEST DARKNESS,
I FEAR NO HARM,FOR YOU ARE WITH ME;
YOUR ROD AND STAFF--- THEY COMFORT ME.
YOU SPREAD A TABLE FOR ME IN FULL VIEW OF MY ENEMIES;YOU ANOINT MY HEAD WITH OIL;
MY DRINK IS ABUNDANT.
ONLY GOODNESS AND STEADFAST LOVE SHALL PURSUE ME
ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE,
AND I SHALL DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD
FOR MANY LONG YEARS.
UW LIFE WAS FILLED WITH THE JOY OF CHRIST JESUS
AMEN
Presented as written with no changes as it is written from his heart how the Holy Spirit speaks to him. I hope you will all be Blessed!
CHRIST’S UNWANTED SOLDIER
THE YEAR 1127 A.D. THE PLACE UNKNOWN,THE PURPOSE REDEMPTION
SET APART A DRIFTER ,A LONER A MAN SET IN SILENCE
BORN OF PAIN RAISED IN BONDAGE OF POVERTY AND SHAME
A MAN SET ALONE IN A WORLD OF MANY AND YET HE BELONGED THERE
A MAN WITH A UNKNOWN PURPOSE SET BEFORE HIM HIM UNWITTINGLY BY THE KINDEST MAN HE EVER MET
A GOOD SHEPHERD IN A FIELD TENDING HIS SHEEP
WILL CALL THIS UNWANTED SOLDIER UW QUITE A FITTING NAME FOR THIS MAN FOR WHEN OTHERS SAW HIM THERE WORDS WERE UW
UW BEING SET ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF HIS BATTALION YOU SEE UW WAS EXPENDABLE TO HIS UNIT
THEY CARED NOT FOR HIM AT ALL ,YET HE SURVIVED HE THRIVED ON HIS OWN
HE WAS A WATCHER A SCOUT
FOUGHT BATTLES NO MAN SAW OR KNEW OF THOUGHT OF AS A COWARD
YET HE FACED THE ENEMY ALONE IN THE DARKNESS IN THE PLACES OTHER MEN WOULD NOT TRAVEL
A MAN SET IN THE BOSOM OF HELL TO SERVE THE LIGHT
BEING HUNGRY BEING SET TO SURVIVE ON HIS OWN WITHOUT FOOD OR SUPPLY
JUST TO REPORT THE ENEMIES MOST INTIMATE DETAILS
RISKING LIFE AND LIMB DAILY FOR HIS PEOPLE YET SEEN AS TRASH WILLINGLY
THIS UW HE SET OUT TO ROB THIS SHEPHERD OF A SHEEP FOR HIS BELLY WAS EMPTY
HE NEEDED SUSTENANCE HE NEEDED FOOD
BEING A SILENT WARRIOR HE SLOWLY CREPT UP BEHIND THIS SHEPHERD KNIFE IN MOUTH READY TO POUNCE
JUST AS HE MADE HIS MOVE
THIS KIND SHEPHERD SAID BOLDLY
WHY TAKE WHAT I WOULD GLADLY GIVE IF YOU BUT ASKED
WHY SET FORTH TO KILL YOUR FRIEND
WHY DESTROY WHEN YOU CAN BUILD
SILENCE SET THE SEEN THE KNIFE DROPPED
UW STOOD AND WEPT CLOSED HIS EYES
THE SHEPHERD QUOTED
YOU ARE MINE MY CHILD SET FORTH IN MY PURPOSE
GO COMPLETE YOUR PURPOSE IN ME
WHEN UW OPENED HIS EYES THE SHEPHERD WAS GONE HIS BELLY WAS FILLED YET HE HAD NOT EATEN
UW WAS LOST WAS THIS A DREAM WAS THIS HIS IMAGINATION
DID HE FALL BUMP HIS HEAD
ALL UW KNEW WAS HE BELIEVED WHAT HE HEARD WAS TRUE
YET HIS PURPOSE WAS NOT EXPLAINED
HE KNEW IT NOT
SO UW WENT BACK TO HIS DUTIES SERVING THE KING
WITHOUT KNOWING HE WAS SERVING THE KING THE TRUE KING CHRIST JESUS
UW TRAVELED MANY LANDS FOUGHT MANY BATTLES
DID THINGS HAUNTED HIS SOUL
EACH MORNING HE WOKE QUOTED
OH ,LORD MY FOES ARE SO MANY!
MANY ARE THOSE WHO ATTACK ME;
MANY SAY OF ME,
“THERE IS NO DELIVERANCE FOR HIM THROUGH GOD”
SELAH
BUT YOU,O LORD ARE A SHIELD ABOUT ME,
MY GLORY,HE WHO HOLDS MY HEAD HIGH.
I CRY ALOUD TO THE LORD,
AND HE ANSWERS ME FROM HIS HOLY MOUNTAIN.
SELAH
I LIE DOWN AND SLEEP AND WAKE AGAIN,
FOR THE LORD SUSTAINS ME.
I HAVE NO FEAR OF THE MYRIAD FORCES
ARRAYED AGAINST ME ON EVERY SIDE.
RISE,OH LORD!
DELIVER ME,OH MY GOD!
FOR YOU SLAP ALL MY ENEMIES IN THE FACE;
YOU BREAK THE TEETH OF THE WICKED.
DELIVERANCE IS THE LORD’S;
YOUR BLESSINGS BE UPON YOUR PEOPLE!
UW LOVED THE LORD LOVED THE PSALMS
YET HE STOOD BEFORE THE LORD DID NOT RECOGNIZE THIS FOR THE MOMENT
TRAVELING THROUGH DANGEROUS TREACHEROUS TERRITORIES
UW CAME ACROSS A YOUNG BOY MAYBE 10 YEARS OLD
THEY SPOKE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES UW THOUGHT TO GIVE THE CHILD FOOD AND WATER HEAD ON HIS WAY FOR THE CHILD WOULD SLOW HIM DOWN WAS THIS THE CHILD OF A FRIEND OR ENEMY HE KNEW NOT
SO HE TENDED THE BOY MOVED ON SO HE THOUGHT THE BOY BEING A MOUNTAIN DWELLER KEPT UP WITH UW AS HARD AS HE TRIED TO LOSE HIM
SOON UW BEAN TO RESPECT THIS CHILD HIS DETERMINATION
HIS HEART SO UW BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN LET BOY CATCH UP
BUT UW WORRIED FOR THIS BOY IN BATTLE HE WOULD BE A DISTRACTION GET IN THE WAY
IT DIDN’T TAKE LONG BEFORE UW MET HIS FIRST BAND OF ENEMIES A SMALL BAND OF 6 SOLDIERS UW HID THE CHILD A MOVED FORWARD WITHOUT HESITATION AND A GREAT STRUGGLE BEGAN SWORDS SWINGING BLOOD FLYING
SOON UW FOUND HIMSELF IN THE MIDST OF PROFESSIONAL SOLDIERS HE THOUGHT WERE A BAND OF MISFITS UW HELD HIS OWN TILL HE TRIPPED AND FELL HIS LEG BECAME LOGGED AMIDST THE ROCKS THE FINAL SOLDIER APPROACHED SLOWLY SWORD IN HAND READY TO TAKE UWS LIFE FOR UWS SWORD WAS OUT OF HIS REACH JUST AS THE ENEMY WAS TO SLAY UW
THE BOY PICKED UP UWS SWORD DROVE IT THROUGH
THIS YOUNG BOY SAVED A WARRIOR FROM DEATH
THE BOY BEGAN TO LEAD UW
AND HE FOLLOWED FIGHTING MANY BATTLES PROTECTING THIS YOUNG BOY WITH HIS LIFE
WHEN SUDDENLY IN THE DISTANCE A BURNING CASTLE FROM A HARD FOUGHT BATTLE
UW STOPPED WAS THIS A ENEMY BUT THE BOY PULLED AT HIM URGING HIM FORWARD
UPON ARRIVAL GREETED WITH LOVE AND KINDNESS FOR HE HAD SAVED THE KING'S CHILD
WHO WOULD LIVE ON TO SERVE OUR LORD CHRIST JESUS MIGHTILY
THE PRINCE PUT THIS PSALM IN UWS HEART
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD;
I LACK NOTHING.
HE MAKES ME TO LIE DOWN IN GREEN PASTURES;
HE LEADS ME TO WATER IN PLACES OF REPOSE;
HE RENEWS MY LIFE;
HE GUIDES ME IN RIGHT PATHS
AS BEFITS HIS NAME.
THOUGH I WALK THROUGH A VALLEY OF DEEPEST DARKNESS,
I FEAR NO HARM,FOR YOU ARE WITH ME;
YOUR ROD AND STAFF--- THEY COMFORT ME.
YOU SPREAD A TABLE FOR ME IN FULL VIEW OF MY ENEMIES;YOU ANOINT MY HEAD WITH OIL;
MY DRINK IS ABUNDANT.
ONLY GOODNESS AND STEADFAST LOVE SHALL PURSUE ME
ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE,
AND I SHALL DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD
FOR MANY LONG YEARS.
UW LIFE WAS FILLED WITH THE JOY OF CHRIST JESUS
AMEN