Relief—Ovi Poetry Challenge

The Lord’s strong favor brings relief
and guards against wild unbelief.
The devil is a wily thief
who’d snatch the way side seed.

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

Matthew 13:19
When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.

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.

Core—Six Sentence Story

As Bret walked to the beach to photograph the sunrise he saw the moon near the horizon and imagined the sun’s approach for the upcoming solar eclipse. His interests had less to do with astronomy, which he knew little about, than the flowing colors of the dawns and dusks across the sky.

As sea birds and tourists came to watch the sun rise seemingly right out of the core of the ocean, Bret saw a very young woman approach along the water’s edge from the south and a very young man come from the north. He figured they would pass each other by, but they stopped and hugged lingering almost directly in front of him.

Not wanting to photograph their display of affection Bret moved a few feet to the side to give his camera a people-free view of the horizon. Just before the sun rose, and likely oblivious to it, they walked on the wave caressed beach to the north while the sun rose from beyond the curve of the earth to brighten his day as it darkened the other side thousands of miles below him with night.

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

The moon approaching the sun still beneath the horizon setting themselves up for the new moon which would look like an eclipse to those in its shadow