Resuming Eternity Contents: Opening She 1-12 He 1-12 AllOne Abraham's Madness Last Priestess of Solomon's Temple The Garden Mother's Lament The Tomb Mary's Vigil Particles of Loving Wisdom Opening: As a soldier and medic, I’ve witnessed firsthand and closeup, the suffering of innocent women and children. I’d long been deeply troubled by such memories, until I was finally overwhelmed and cried aloud, “Why must the innocent suffer most of all?” I didn’t know to even hope for an answer. Yet, the answer surely came. “They need not suffer as they do.” A voice unlike any other. I turn and She is there. Beautiful and familiar somehow, Her light embraces me and within it, I awaken. She places Her hand upon my head and says, “Read aloud.” Before me is an open book and I begin. –John Asher She 1: I am the Unrivaled One, whom all inevitably seek. Natural as your urge to breathe; closer than your own blood, am I to you. Even the eyes of angels have not seen all that I am. My secret, waiting to be sought, wanting to be found; treasure beyond purchase, freely bestowed. I am that Eternal Source of Life, which now flows through you, departing only to return. From you, I withhold no good thing. Arms outstretched to you, I beckon. Return to Me and freedom. To each newborn, I offer a first breath and receive from the dying, their last. When you know Me deeply, you recognize Me in all that lives. I am Keeper of the Living Record. None are lost to Me. I preside and do not need to rule. I remember those the world forgets. I listen to those the world ignores. I cherish those this world discards. From confusion to clarity, I raise you. Across infinity, throughout eternity; there is but one of you, far beyond rare. Travel the world, but to find Me, be still and listen quietly within. For there, I await you. Awaken, My child. 2: You are to become, to ascend and to soar. You are made to rise in eternal majesty; not given as a gift unearned, as though alms, for you are no beggar. You are My child and true heir to all that I am. You do not yet know your own full value. Any parent worthy of that title willingly suffers for their child’s sake; for to truly bear a child is to end self-obsession. Conceived neither for submission nor My selfish glory, you are worthy of love; for so have you been made. You were created in Our image and likeness; by We, who as One, lay the living foundation of worlds. As part of Me, I know you; neither slave nor sheep. Though you are forever My child, your childhood now draws to a close. Let fall the veil. My spirit flows within each of you, the sacred heirs of eternal love. I encourage your every attainment. You are not meant for mindless conformity. There are lessons which prepare you and from needless suffering, I would gladly have you spared. Yet, I will deny you no opportunity to confront and overcome meaningful challenges, that you achieve your immortal rise. I guide homeward those lost by this careless world. I make eternity worth having. By Loving Wisdom, your wounds are cleansed and life healed. Thus is your world remade, a garden. 3: You cannot securely rise to fulfill your destiny until freed from that which binds you still. Free will is yours, its promise and peril both. You remain free to choose. Without your complicity or complacency, you shall not be overcome. All the enemy, the adversary himself, his every tool and tactic may be assembled fierce against you and seem invincible. When surrounded by the hostile or the uncaring, you do not stand alone; for I am with you. They would trick you out of that liberty, which is yours already. Evil is arrayed that your free will is surrendered and reason overthrown. They wish to resurrect fear, that you abandon your will to theirs. Here is their secret: They have no power that you do not grant them. Not the world's doom, but your victory is inevitable. You experience the reality of your immortal self and are immersed in that light, which dissolves fear. Strength beyond all former limits, awaits your moment of greatest need.