by Susan Peabody

Created on: December 15, 2008   Last Updated: April 09, 2011

Where Love Abides

Sorrow

Hello, my name is Sorrow. When I was just a little girl my parents ran away from home. The first night they were gone I got terribly frightened and started to cry. I wandered all over the house looking for comfort. Finally, I ended up in the kitchen peering into the refrigerator. The food looked delicious and I began to eat with a vengeance. My fear went away as long as my mouth was full.

Illusion

I got lonely after a few days as an orphan. One night I noticed a romantic novel on the nightstand by my mother's bed, and I sat down to read it. It made me cry, and suddenly I knew what was to happen to me. Someone was going to come to my aid to rescue me. That night I dreamed about who it might be.

Unfortunately, no one came to rescue me right away, so I wandered out of the house and down the street. I kept walking until I arrived at a strange town. Just inside the city gates I met a man. He said his name was Illusion. He was handsome and said he was here to rescue me. "Great," I thought. "Just the person I've been looking for."

Unfortunately, Illusion lied to me. He was really just a mischievous man who used me to satisfy his carnal desires. I was afraid and ashamed. Eventually I ran away.

Lost

I had no idea where I was going, so I just wandered down the road. I was afraid, but I kept walking. I felt as if I were looking for something, but I didn't know what.

The terrain was beautiful as I passed through the countryside. At night the stars were so bright that I sometimes wondered who had made them. I decided that God had made the world and then died in childbirth.

Eventually, I found myself in a little town by the sea. I was very thirsty, so I made my way to the first building I saw and asked for a drink. Someone gave me a glass of whiskey. It satisfied my thirst for awhile, but then I got thirsty again. After awhile I couldn't get enough.

Eventually the whiskey made me drunk, and I fell into a ditch. I passed out, and when I woke up I was in a lot of pain. Suddenly I realized that I had broken my leg and couldn't get up, so I just lay there for a long time crying about my sad fate. "What was to become of me?" I thought.

The Way

After awhile, a man appeared. He was an angel. His name was Peace. I was mesmerized by his appearance. He asked me where I was going. I said "I don't know. Right now I am stuck here in this ditch." He asked me if I was lost. I said "I guess." Finally he pointed the way to heaven and told me that I should be headed

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