This was written last year by our son Brian whom you all know from the “First Date” post in the limo…….Some of you ventured over to my other site and read it but I decided to post it here so when I put up Part II you can just come read it here….it isnt too long but it is a great story! Can you tell I am a proud mother!!! hahaha….here is his profile pic from his blog…so emo!
Enjoy!
The Pillars of Time
Part 1
© Brian Lydell
2006
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“Go forth,” rang a thundering voice.
“Your name be praised, Most High, we will go,” several voices, still awesome but not so much like the first, spoke.
From the highest heaven, the angels came down, radiating in their golden glory, descending in great sweeps of their six white wings. Of them, one of them had the appearance of a man, pearl white hair flowing in the wind and golden skinned. His eyes were bright like fire that pierced to the marrow of those who it saw, burning like a furnace. He wore a robe that flashed every color of the rainbow as it rippled. The second angel had the appearance of a leopard, with dark black pupils ferociously glaring out from the orange and black splotched face. He stood and flew upright, his yellow underbelly hiding muscles fit to outmatch any man on earth. The third was a great falcon-like bird black as onyx. The breadth of his wingspan reached twice his body height, and as he flew with his natural wings, the six angelic wings rose and fell almost in time with them.
The sacred realm of heaven, shining like a golden ocean and filled with the praise of the Most High echoing through the air with the voices of men and beasts, passed away slowly into empty blackness. Soon, they could see the stars radiating, but not so magnificently as they were. The last echoing sounds of heaven were left behind. It was only the three soaring bright specks, illuminating the abyss around them.
They headed towards one star that seemed just as ordinary as any other. It grew into the sun, and the faintest traces of Pluto were visible. One of the angels hesitated at it and looked at his friends questioningly.
“No, it is not it’s time yet,” said human angel Amriel, “the Most High has not yet unrolled the scroll. No one in heaven or earth or under the earth knows His will for here. Only the third planet has been revealed in the scroll.”
“May His plans be blessed, but I greatly wish to see what is to come in the ages to come. Many times I wish to be like Him, so that I may know and understand” The leopard angel Thesda said ruefully.
“Be careful in what you think, Thesda. It is that thinking that cast the Dark Angel Lucifer in the pits of the nameless void. May He look down with mercy on me, but may the Lord rebuke you in His mercy and show you grace.” Said Amriel, in a kind but firm voice.
“I am not like the fallen one. I do not wish for power or might or supremacy,” Thesda said, “Where there is greed and pride in Lucifer’s heart, I have only the earnest desire to know the depths of what He only comprehends. I would not betray the Most High.”
“Then let us be off, and let us forget of our wishings and longings for the mission ahead.” Grunted the bird angel Raven, “For I have traveled to earth, and have gone to Mars and Venus many times before when His plan called me there. Too many times has an angel been lost to the Dark One for needless pining.”
“Let it be so,” Thesda quickly said, masking irritation, and they took flight once more.
Earth appeared lush and blue as they approached. Great billowing masses of clouds circulated its atmosphere, almost covering the brown and green land shapes beneath it.
“Strange,” remarked Thesda, “It no longer seems so lush as before. What has happened here, I wonder?”
“Most likely the same things that have always happened before. Industry. They have found out it is possible to ease their lives by some means, though how I do not know. If it is anything like it was on Venus, it is probably the discovery of infinite light energy.”
Raven peered down with sad eyes on the blue planet, “Yes, not quite unlike Venus. We can only hope all is not lost as it was there.”
“Now, now,” spoke Amriel, “Nothing is ever lost or without hope.
There is nothing that is beyond the power of the Word. It shines in the darkness and…”
“…the darkness cannot snuff it out,” interrupted Raven. “True words, and I wouldn’t contend with them. Needless to say, the world is still spinning on its axis and it isn’t reduced to uninhabitable blue dust yet.”
“Good tidings. We were able to nip them in the bud early on at Babel before they became too mighty. It is said a man at his full potential can challenge an angel.” Said Amriel.
“Your talk almost makes me envious of them. They’re mere flesh and blood, is that not so?” said Thesda.
“Yes, but their spirits are resilient and strong. They’re just like the Most High at times, these ones, but when they’re not…” Amriel trailed off.
“When they’re not…?” asked Thesda.
“Are we going down, or shall we stay here and let them find out how to destroy themselves while we watch?” spoke Raven gruffly.
“Burn me, Raven, you’re anxious about this one, aren’t you?” Thesda said.
“I’m just tired of hearing this incessant noise. If we’re going, we should go now.”
Silently, they complied. The small planet grew and loomed before them, emitting a low thunderous rumble, while the vague outlines of continents became detailed and recognizable. The oceans took on a wavy texture and the mountain ranges could be distinguished from land. The golden glow of the angels faded against the atmospheric barrier that seemed to burn against them in hot white flame, but had no effect on them. They now stuck together, flying with two angels side by side and the other above them, forming a triangle, and kept their arms straight on their sides as they burst like needles through the burning atmosphere. They kept silent, but in their minds they marveled at what they saw. Mars and Venus had never been quite like this. All of them secretly thought there was something special about this world that the others didn’t have, especially since the number three was a rather fond number of Most High, and this happened to be the third planet. By now, all the glorious golden glow of the angels had faded, and they almost appeared normal by terrestrial terms were they not gigantic, ether worldly and downright scary to a human. Their wings took as beating as well. The white luster had all but faded into dull white. They had shrunk as well.
‘I hate when this happens,” said Thesda, “Whenever we go to a planet we lose our aura and wings until our mission is complete. Its like He doesn’t trust us.”
“Even angels can disobey, and the last thing He wants is an angel doing whatever he wants and returning without His will being fulfilled.” Said Raven.
“But He knows us. We’ve gone out many times before and always done as expected. There is no ill will in us that we would want to carry out against them. Even if we didn’t have the experience, He knows our deepest hearts and that we wouldn’t try anything.”
“It isn’t wise to speak against what is preordained by the Most High, young one. All angels must follow it.” Raven said.
Thesda fell silent, having nothing to say to an older and wiser one than he.
As the earth became very clear, Amriel broke the silence, “Where are we going?”
Raven cocked an eye at him, “Same place as always: the middle. The birthplace of its civilization is often the best place to start.
In their tongue, they call it the Middle East, but that goes against their own proper syntax ironically, having an east that is middle. Ah, but they can be very funny creatures at times.”
“No more than the Martians,” spoke Amriel, “Its most unfortunate you were not yet of age enough to join us when the scroll opened and revealed its prophecy. I cannot describe it in words for you, but their geographical terms defied all common logic for aesthetic taste. Imagine an undermountain or a cliffvale. It all sounded good to their eyes, so they named otherwise ordinary landmarks completely outlandish names.”
Raven spoke almost mournfully “And it is a shame that the prophecy foretold the world must be destroyed like Venus and reduced to red dust. If it were my place, I’d almost say it was an insult. But I cannot see the whole picture in the Pillars of Time, where only He can walk. This planet is beautiful, maybe more so than Venus, and maybe even more incredible than Mars. May the scroll be revealed, but let this world be spared.”
“We can only hope. For now, there is only the mission ahead.” Amriel said.
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Part II coming up on Monday…..
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What’s coming up:
*Today we are doing a mother and son photoshoot and a sister shoot…!
*Preggie Shoot
*Designing an album
What we did last weekend:
We did an awesome 70th birthday party with all 5 of his siblings present with grandkids and other family. Out of respect for their privacy they very sweetly asked that we not post up their kids pictures. We respect that. But they turned out AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Christmas is coming… so if you have wanted to do a “family photoshoot” for Christmas Cards
now is the time to contact us! We are opening our calendar starting today for bookings. We are only going to book a handful because of the editing design and turn around time. I don’t want to see smoke coming out of Mark’s ears over the holidays…lol!
Have a great weekend!!!
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