Present—Six Sentence Story

Sam received inspiration for how to proceed, but at present he had only half an hour to get it done. He decided to write everything down so he could complete it when he got back from Tampa, but he heard the voice say, Do it now.

In the next fifteen minutes he finished more than he anticipated he could have done in a day’s time. He decided to stop, because he had reached a particularly difficult part and the taxi would be there any moment.

He heard the voice say, Do it now.

In the next fifteen minutes he completed another day’s worth of work just as—just as—the taxi arrived, on time, to pick him up for the airport.

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Denise offers the prompt word “present” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Story.

Joshua 10:13
13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
1 Kings 18:46
And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
Acts 8:39
And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.

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Author: Frank Hubeny

I enjoy walking, poetry and short prose as well as taking pictures with my phone.

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  9. I went to a ministry event once and a friend wasn’t there, I was told he was in the hospital. Wanting to send him a get well card with his pastor (we went to different churches but worked with the same parachurch outreach), I thought about the cards in my car, thought, maybe next week, then realized it needed to be that day. That same voice you talk about was nudging me, and I listened and gave the card to the pastor.

    The next week at the next event, the pastor approached me and said he’d loved the card, also that he’d died that morning.

    Do it now, indeed.

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