Dream—Six Sentence Story

Between the evening and the morning Bryan’s dream suddenly came true. When he realized what had happened he began dancing and shouting with joy.

Offended by all the noise, Bryan’s mind, being rational and all, reminded him, “Your dream couldn’t have happened in a billion years!”

Bryan’s celebrating stopped.

Though officially brainless, Bryan’s gut made an observation: “Well, we do know that a dream with a supposed look-back time of a billion years actually happened, don’t we?” The confused body parts remained silent until they felt Bryan himself resume his joy with thankfulness.

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

Genesis 1:5 KJV
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

Morning Light

Dale offers the prompt “morning light” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.

We were in Prague last month. On the way back we stopped at St. Moritz, Switzerland.

I took these photos in the early morning. There’s a trail that goes all around this lake which we walked the evening before.

Lake, trees and mountains with early morning reflections
St. Moritz reflected in its lake
This is one of the lakes of the Engadin, the En (or Inn) river valley

Catastrophic Plate Tectonics and the Genesis Flood

Sarah Peterson presented for Logos Research Associates an explanation of the geology of western North America using catastrophic plate tectonics (CPT) informed by the Genesis flood.

CPT shows that a global catastrophe occurred which formed the geology of western North America. No breathing creature would have survived such a catastrophe without miraculous intervention. Genesis tells the miraculous side of the story.

Success—Ovi Poetry Challenge

The Lord’s the measure of all rest.
His will becomes our very best.
The tempter loves a failed test.
Success rests with the Lord.

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Ronovan Hester offers the inspiration “success” for this week’s Ovi Poetry Challenge. Also posted on Poet’s Corner.

Matthew 11:28-30 KJV
28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

Don’t Worry—Six Sentence Story

When Gerald’s daughter acted goofy, he said, Don’t worry. He reminded her that she finished college with an advanced degree in half the time it took him to do so.

When Gerald’s son acted goofy, he said, Don’t worry. In the good old days his own brain used to hatch even worse ideas that he unfortunately followed.

When Gerald’s wife acted goofy, he said, Don’t worry. I still love you.

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

Romans 8:37-39 KJV
37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Love locks attached to a bridge with their keys thrown into the river for safe keeping

Haste—Ovi Poetry Challenge

Haste is not the way to own
the victory. You’ll only groan,
defeated, if you go alone.
The Lord, though, is with you.

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Ronovan Hester offers the inspiration “haste” for this week’s Ovi Poetry Challenge. Also posted on Poet’s Corner.

Isaiah 41:8-10 KJV
8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
9 Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.