#sixsentencestories – Poetry, Short Prose and Walking

Six Sentence Story: The Sixty-Third Of The Seventy Weeks

Daniel wrote, Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.¹

Although at first he didn’t understand, he knew he was promised understanding and that this was an answer to his supplication. But how did the virgin with child that Isaiah prophesied fit into all of this and why that name Immanuel?

The channel of events in the vision ended ominously with: and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.²

Understanding comes through obedience and as Daniel wrote in obedience his understanding matured until he realized the virgin’s role between the going forth of the commandment to rebuild the walls and this desolation along with the central importance of the sixty-third of those seventy weeks when the covenant would be confirmed.

As gratitude overwhelmed him with peace Daniel could see that the ink was dry enough for him to roll up the scroll.

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

This completes the Daniel tales.

Daniel 9:24, KJV ↩︎
Daniel 9:27b KJV ↩︎

Six Sentence Story: The Cost Of Treason

After Nimrodwannabe’s kingdom fell to the Medes and Persians, Daniel won the favor of Darius, the new king, to the envy of others. Some of those others deceived Darius into passing a law, secretly targeting Daniel to get rid of him, that Darius could not undo punishable by death to whomever broke it.

When Daniel did not obey he was arrested and sentenced to spend a night in the den of lions who were kept hungry by not feeding them provision from the lion keeper’s shed. All Darius could do at this point to save his favorite was wait and see if Daniel’s God could and would protect him from the treasonous setup.

When Daniel survived Darius had the deceivers – along with their wives and children – cast into the same den for the lions to execute judgment. The lions eagerly did.

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Denise offers the word “shed” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Stories.

Daniel 6:24 KJV – And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.

Six Sentence Story: Daniel, The Prophecy

Whatever Daniel used for pen and paper in the 6th century BC, he knew he had to be ready to write down the words of prophecy. The one he received about the time of the evening oblation was the one he earnestly prayed for. It was the most important one anticipated for centuries and argued over for centuries more after it had finally been fulfilled.

As Daniel began his supplication, his prayer, Gabriel was sent. Before Daniel ended his prayer, Gabriel arrived bringing the skill and understanding Daniel would need to write down the vision.

Daniel took up his pen and wrote.

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Denise offers the word “pen” for this week’s six sentence stories.

Six Sentence Story: When Daniel Thought About The Lord

Daniel would have preferred living his life in Jerusalem, but here he was in Babilopolis. He would have preferred serving a real king, but here he was serving Nimrodwannabe, a king of sorts, true, but so shockingly not what Nimrodwannabe could have been that compassion overpowered the natural disdain in Daniel for this king of sorts.

Every evening and every morning and throughout the day and even when he was asleep at night his mind – no, his heart – was elsewhere. People understandably thought he seemed distant or tagged him as odd, but wherever he was he was right where he was supposed to be telling Nimrodwannabe the meanings of those strange tales that troubled the king’s dreams.

For all that and much, much more Daniel was thankful. Gratitude kept him so busy he didn’t notice – or perhaps care – if it was darkening evening or shiny morning or wondrous daytime or that sleepy, dreamy nighttime so long as he was ready when the words were spoken to faithfully hear and write them down even when the prophecy was too mysterious for him to understand.

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Denise offers the prompt word “tag” for this week’s Six Sentence Stories.

Six Sentence Story: Daniel, The Ring Of The Dream Whisperer

Although Nimrodwannabe’s love for the magicians was nonexistent, he did favor Daniel who arrived in Babilopolis after Nimrodwannabe subjected Jerusalem to his will. Unlike your run-of-the-mill magician Daniel was able to interpret Nimrodwannabe’s dreams so well that Nimrodwannabe placed him over all of the unloved magicians and gave him the Ring of the Dream Whisperer.

Daniel was also made a eunuch.

I know, I know that might sound shocking – and maybe I got the story wrong – but think how shocking it would have been to Daniel considering that the operation (however it was done) was nonetheless done in the 6th century BC! On the bright side, it would mean that Daniel didn’t have to worry about the teasing, the battings of eyelashes and all of the other forms of witchcraft coming from the less loyal cuties of the royal household allowing him to focus his attention on some of the more jealous magicians who liked Daniel even less than Nimrodwannabe liked them.

But in spite of everything and although Daniel himself longed for Jerusalem, he was quite happy in Babilopolis as the royal dream whisperer and ruler of the those pesky magicians.

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Denise offers the prompt word “ring” for this week’s Six Sentence Stories.

Six Sentence Story: Fly Away

When Daniel got tired of writing King Nimrodwannabe’s dreams and his interpretations of them he’d let his visions fly to YouTube looking for a video that would give him enough refreshment to get back to work. Rapidly scrolling past an incredible amount of click bate garbage he found a video on how to make a paper airplane that would return to sender like a boomerang, but where was he going to get paper in Babilopolis in the 6th century BC?

He eyed the parchments upon which he was recording the dreams Nimrodwannabe lost in the land of forgetfulness wondering how well it might fold. He was sorely tempted.

However, if he didn’t continue writing, 21st century scholars with their interminable doubts that he or even Nimrodwannabe ever existed would have nothing material in their hands to doubt. He went back to work.

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Denise offers the prompt word “fold” for this week’s Six Sentence Stories.

Six Sentence Story: Fleeing From God

When the Lord told Jonah to tell the Ninevites to repent so He wouldn’t need to destroy them, Jonah got on a boat and fled in the opposite direction. An horrendous storm refused to calm until Jonah was tossed overboard to his death and burial in the belly of a whale.

The cost of disobedience is death.

However, after three days and three nights – after three sunsets and three sunrises – the fish vomited Jonah onto the shore and back to life so the Lord could tell Jonah once again to tell the Ninevites to repent so He wouldn’t need to destroy them. The sight of Jonah – who looked (and likely smelled) like the walking dead – and the reluctant words coming from his mouth freaked out the inhabitants of Nineveh to such an extent that they all repented and were spared against Jonah’s wishes.

It gets you nowhere fleeing from God.

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

Six Sentence Story: Filled To Overflowing

While trying to fill a six sentence story with words Greg realized he hadn’t a clue what to write that made any sense. A few blocks away neither could Bethany make any progress on her story.

Later that afternoon they found themselves sitting next to each other in a coffee shop in the last two available chairs complaining about their fruitless attempts to come up with decent stories. They whined and laughed while drinking their coffees.

That afternoon in the coffeeshop was how it all started. Over the years came the children, the grandchildren and even stories that made sense.

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Denise offers “fill” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Stories.

Six Sentence Story: Forgiven, Now Forgotten

After re-reading the letter forgotten in a drawer he was cleaning out, Brian decided to tear it into pieces. George died years ago. Sarah was far away. The betrayal was painful, but it transformed into blessings beyond imagining and forgiveness should have settled it long ago.

Then Brian regretted tearing up the letter wondering if he should tape the pieces back together.

To make sure he didn’t, Brian took the pieces to the sink and burnt them.

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

Six Sentence Story: Poof, The End

The family of four, Adam and Evie with their son and daughter, stopped for lunch. They each made a choice of drink and foot-long sandwich which was heated and sliced in two. After paying for the food Adam followed his family outside to a table in the park that Evie selected.

A woman, homeless and without food, sat at one of the tables they passed. Before sitting down, Adam took one of the halves of his sandwich and gave it to her.

Blessings flowed through the kingdom of heaven.

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

Matthew 25:40 KJV – And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

This completes the Apple Poof Delight tales.