Leah's 8. She's an only child and comes from a single parent home whereby her mother's just turned 23. Not knowing who her father is, many have classed her as a statistic. They say, 'she's probably going to grow up like her mother, pregnant by the age of 15, probably gain one or two GCSEs and not make it through college'. They say 'she'll live on benefits and never really achieve her dreams and share her God-given talents'. And what's strange is that while many have already forecasted out her future, Leah has no clue that this could ever be her reality.
Leah has what her teachers would like to call an 'expressive character'. Quite loud, passionate and highly emotional. They say it's because she's never had a father, which is certainly true for her case. Leah would see her mother move from guy to guy thinking that each one could be the father she'd never met, but each time she'd find herself disappointed with their departure. All Leah wanted was a 'sustainable' father. She was about to get more than she bargained for.
One night, Leah had a dream that would change her life for good! When she woke from the dream, she found herself having a mixture of emotions. She knew that the dream had to have been real, but it was nothing like she'd ever seen before. Not even on television! The language the people spoke was different, they all looked different, their clothes and hairstyles were different. Everything was just different to what she was used to.
As a result of her dream, she wanted to tell everyone that the man whom the dream was about was telling the truth and that he was innocent. But she had one problem. She didn't know his name. All she could gather from the dream was that this man was intelligent, kind and not guilty. Leah felt like she'd known this man all her life and that she could relate to him and him to her. She wished he could be her father. Leah just couldn't take all of it in! There were too many emotions involved. And furthermore, she couldn't understand why he had to die! He was innocent! But one thing Leah was certain about, was that she'd see him again. Even though in her dream, he had died, the story wasn't over for this guy. She didn't know how or when, but she was going to meet him and she was determined to find out who he was so she could proclaim his truth.
If you have or haven't guessed, the man in the dream was Jesus. Leah basically dreamt a quick run-through of His life, mainly detailing the Passion week, which was Christ's last week before He died and rose again. Leah did in fact search for 'the man' as she called him. She told her mother her dream but because she knew nothing of Christ, she could not help. She advised Leah it was only a dream. But Leah had found passion. It was this man's story. And all she had to do to piece the final parts to the puzzle, was to find out his name and meet him. It couldn't be that hard could it? Someone had to have known him!
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Teachings from the word of God and short stories based on the Kingdom Seekers. The Kingdom Seekers are a group of 5 children in quest of the mysteries of the Kingdom of God to be revealed in their day-to-day lives. With natural ability to operate in childlike faith and filled with the Holy Spirit, the Kingdom Seekers find themselves, ever-drawing closer to the Father, enabling them to carry out His will wherever they go.
He loved us so much that He stretched His hands wide on the Cross and died for our Sins. SO that now when the Father sees us, HE sees the blood covering; He sees us forgiven and redeemed! How great the father's love for us! Jesus is Lord.
ReplyDeleteKeep spreading the Gospel guys, God bless you and May He give you the grace to keep on doing what you are doing! :-)
Profound....people are seeking lol (kingdom seekers)and unless we proclaim how then will we reach those that are in the quest, I suppose the most important thing is for us to seek, search until we find(find= being in the fulfillment of the word of God).
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