SAFELY HOME!

Hey Ya'll!

I shared with you several weeks ago that I joined "31 Days to Become a Better Writer" writers group and want to share  a short story  I wrote for today's challenge.  Our assignment was to write a story inspired by the picture below.  I would love to hear what you think about it.....I pray that it blesses you!  So, without further adieu, here's....                       

"Safely Home"

photo courtesy of Fey IIyas

She'd waited for this day for thirteen long, grueling, lonely months.  
With a bold black marker she had carefully marked off each day on her tattered kitchen calendar until she reached today's date.   Today's date, however, was lovingly marked with a pink heart and it was on this beautiful chilly August afternoon she would finally hold her dream next to her heart.  With long halting breaths and her heart atwitter, she readied herself for the impending moment that she'd dreamed and longed for with every fiber of her being.  She'd driven all night to get here.  Weary from her travels, she found a comfortable sofa and anxiously settled in for the wait.  

The muffled sounds of nervous excited laughter began to fill the air as others gathered close by.  "This is the moment they dreamed and prayed for too", she whispered within her heart.  With hands clasped, head bowed and eyes tightly closed, she thanked the Lord for giving her the strength to hold on and for His sweet assurance that her dream was in His safekeeping.  Warm tears welled in her beautiful brown eyes as she felt His presence ever so closely.  A feeling and knowing she'd experienced continually during those thirteen months.  "Thank you Jesus" she whispered as a gentle smile broke upon her glowing tear stained face.

With each passing moment her pulse raced with anxious anticipation.  "What will I say?" "How will I act" she pondered.  And then, the magical moment she'd dreamt about began to unfold before her very eyes.  Rapt attention was drawn toward the large grey double doors beneath an enormous American flag at the far end of the room.  Beautiful patriotic melodies filled the air as a band began to play.  Joyous squeals erupted from the crowd as the doors ceremoniously swung open and 200 of America's bravest flooded in.

With widened eyes wet with tears, a pounding heart and a gleeful grin, she gazed from afar into every face in search for her hero....the one who melts her heart.

And then suddenly, in the midst of the crowd, her gaze caught the steel blue eyes of her beloved.  It was as if time stood still and all else faded from view.  And with a broad smile he bolted through the crowd and fell into the safety of her warm loving embrace and they wept for joy.  The Lord had brought her soldier safely home!

HE IS FAITHFUL!

Love and Sweet Blessings!