Celestial Chronicles
Stories of the Past, Present, and Future
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The Gift
Once upon a time, a long time ago was planned the very first Gift. It was so special and so unique that only the Three knew about it. It was planned to be given at just the right time to the small blue planet called Earth. At first it was told that it would be given, sometime, someplace and to some one. The anticipation for the Gift grew especially after it was found to be the very thing that was needed and longed for. Each generation thought they might be the ones to finally see this Gift.
God's Party
Most people celebrate a child's accomplishments, honor student, graduation, promotion, marriage, etc. We do not celebrate our failures as parents! When a child goes away and ends up in a jam, loving parents will help their child, even restore the child but celebrate with a party?
God does! This astonishing God is not afraid to throw a big party when one of His lost children comes home. He is not afraid His reputation may be questioned while recovering a failure to Himself. He did not follow His wayward child but gave all that the child asked and let him go. He did not give up hoping, longing, and looking for that child's return. Then one glorious day as the Father looks over the Universe, He sees the child coming home!
This child left home because he thought his Father was too strict and too stern. He believed in his own twisted concept that he was not loved. Finally he could not bear living in this household anymore and longed for the life he thought was "out there" a long ways from home.
He experienced the "out there" for a time, and finally discovered that everything he had taken with him was gone and he was reduced to begging. Finally he wrangled a job, pitiful though it was and found himself reduced to eating garbage. He had now reached the lowest point of his life, and even wondered if life was worth living. There flickered a small, dim hope that maybe he could go home.
The Story of Good Sam and Samantha
A Parable
One day, Sam and Samantha stopped at the village to replenish their supplies. They had heard that this was a rather hostile place to be in for very long so proceeded to go about their business quickly. They spied Jack and Jill in the shadows of the church graveyard and noticed the desperate, unhappy look on their young faces. What could have caused these children, who were so young, to act and speak so bitterly of life? They could see that there were disturbing hidden emotional wounds in these fragile children. They saw the bleakness and hopelessness in Jack and Jill's eyes.
A Touch of Elegance
She very carefully counted out the money she had. Would it be enough? It seemed so, as she gathered the coins into a small piece of cloth and tied it securely around her neck. As she wended her way to the market place she remembered her past.
She came to the small shop in the market place. The aroma of exotic perfumes wafted out the windows and the bell tinkled as she walked through the door. It took awhile for her eyes to adjust from the bright sunlight outdoors to the cooler darkness in the shop. The shopkeeper, fortunately, was not one of her former customers! As she described the very special gift she wanted he looked at her and saw a worn woman that looked older than what her years must have actually been. He wondered how this neatly dressed woman had acquired such wealth, but then that was none of his business. As he showed her the many different perfumes in his shop nothing seemed to interest her. Finally from a dust-covered shelf from the back of the shop he reached for his rarest and costliest perfume. It was in a small gold flask with a jeweled stopper set in an exquisite hand carved alabaster box. When Mary saw this she knew it was what she was looking for. She had never seen anything so elegant. She had just exactly the amount the merchant asked for in his final price. She hugged the small flask to her bosom and left the shop.
A Story of Treachery
It was time to go home. The weary travelers had been on their way for a long time now and were looking forward to entering their new home. This home that had been promised many generations ago. Now on the verge of entering that new home something tragic happens!
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About the Book
When Jesus walked on earth centuries ago, he told many great stories using imagery that the people were familiar with and about things they understood and were part of events in their day.
The chronicles of this book of real life events have been portrayed in story form. Here are stories of the past, present and future, some make believe, some true, all thought provoking.
Chronicled in the book are stories from before the beginning of time on this small blue planet called Earth, to the final story that came out of a disaster. In between are stories that are timeless set in a modern setting or a glimpse of what might have been in the Bible story that challenge the soul.
The story of Autumn is the story of my granddaughter. When she read it she said that was exactly how she felt. The stories "Angels Watching Over Us" and "God Speaks" were told to me by a former pastor's wife.
The story "A Touch of Elegance" came in the night hours (as does most of my writing) but was forgotten by morning. After praying for it to be recalled (God willing) it was immediately and written down!
About the Author
Peggy Curtice Harris has traveled in the U.S. and Canada presenting Biblical Hospitality Seminars and seminars on the subject of abuse. She serves in her church as an elder. Peggy developed W.A.S.H. (Women and Men Against Sexual Harassment and Other Abuses www.tagnet.org/wash) which has produced materials for laymembers and church leaders on the subject of abuse.
She is active in community service and in her profession as an insurance agent since 1980. She is a member of the Greater Burtonsville Kiwanis Club.
Published works include a deaconess manual, articles for church periodicals, poems for Ministry and Elders Digest periodicals and devotionals for Women's Ministry devotional books. Other books are: Anatomy of A Divorce, Bear Chronicles, Beginnings and Endings, Esther's Story, Encounter With God, In God's Time, Living Heaven Now, Messages To Outer Space, Miracles and Verses of Hope Volumes 1 & 2.