She had been running. Running away from this very prediction. She did not want it to come true. Hadn’t she been warned about it? But the dark prophecy had come true. And she had killed Sophie.
All those years of self control…of self punishment and mutilation had not been able to stop her from wringing her little Sophie’s delicate neck. How she had been scared for her mother. Little Sophie, even while struggling to gulp her last breath, had looked into Aurora’s eyes, into her mother’s eyes and been scared for her. She was scared her mother was turning into a monster everyone would be scared of.
Aurora winced as a sigh crept from the eerie depths of her tainted soul. She had brutally murdered her last ray of hope. Sophie was supposed to be her key to salvation, her ultimate chance for redemption. And now she had lost that too.
In a world where evil reined supreme, Sophie had been everything that embodied the opposite. She was pure as a wild-flower untouched by the polluted world. Aurora knew she should have let her go a long time ago. Keeping her child with her was a wrong decision.
Maybe, just maybe, something would have kept the inevitable from happening had Sophie not been with her. But deep inside her, Aurora knew she would have killed her anyway. The prophecy…that had tormented her day and night, that had robbed her of her peace of mind…had come true.
As she now saw the lifeless body in front of her, she realised the eyes were still looking at her. She could still see the love. The love of the little wild-flower. She tried to move shakily towards the body, trying not to look at the eyes. But she couldn’t tear her eyes away either. She had to look into them. They were the only eyes that had never mocked her. The only eyes that had loved her. How could she look away? How could she?
She took the delicate mass into her arms, holding it close to her heart. Her heart had stopped beating…or so she wished! The soft face circled by a halo of soft brown curls was lying in her hands. Soft curls, how Aurora had loved playing with these soft curls when she wasn’t scared of hurting her baby. How she had loved tying bright ribbons that fluttered in the wind with every spring in Sophie’s walk.
But that was a long time ago. In a faraway world, long buried in her heart.
That one night had changed everything. The night when Jonathan had breathed his last. Jonathan, the love of her life. The man who had made Aurora’s every dream possible. The man she had loved with all her heart, had died. She had learnt to live without him. She had learnt to live without his memory.
But tonight, it all came rushing back. The night was back. The same night when she held the dead body of another loved one was in front of her again…bringing with it an uneasy sense of déjà vu. It was happening all over again. The night was back to haunt her.
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“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen.”
{Hebrews 11 v 1}.
For faith is believing in things that we cannot see. Now we must believe that what we have prayed for will soon manifest in our lives, for by faith we will truly receive. Yet some people say, “ but it’s not easy and you don’t know what I am going through,” well, that is true, but it still doesn’t change the fact that Jesus said, “ All things are possible to them that believe,” and we must live by faith. It is worth hoping and believing for things in our lives to change, it really does not matter what people say, or what we feel, for God said, “For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God”. {1 Corinthians 3 v 19}.
Well, you may say Billy these things that you have written seem to be very foolish, and contrary to civilized people of today, but the Bible says, “That the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men”. {1 Corinthians 1 v 25}.
Dear saints never underestimate the power of our Lord’s gospel. Many people would like to know what you and I know, and see the things that you and I see, surely we are so blessed because we have the Holy Scriptures to tell us who and what we are in Christ.
Yes, we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us. May we always have the faith to believe for a better life, for ourselves and our loved ones, for Jesus said, “I have come that you might have life and life more abundantly”. My prayer is that you may indeed have an abundant life in Christ Jesus”.
It’was a glad day when Jesus found me, When His strong arms were thrown around me, When my sins He buried in the deepest sea, And my soul He filled with joy and victory, It’was a glad day, oh, hallelujah! It’was a glad day He claimed His own! I will shout a glad hosanna in glory, When I see Him upon His throne.
Oh My god.. you have a very powerful imagination… hope the next post is little a continuation of this.. ending in much more happier note!!
@Moksh Juneja Thanks a lot Moksh. That was very sweet of you. Keep checking for more posts. I’m sure you’ll find a lot to look forward to.