30 Days of Fiction

Day Four: Hopelessness – Part II

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She found herself at the end of a tunnel, even though she could not remember ever passing through one. It was well lit, but outside the tunnel was pitch black. It was the heavy, thick blackness that fills the heart with dread. She could hear laughter, but she could see no one.

“Patty!”

She spun quickly and saw her husband standing at the other end of the tunnel. He was here! She wasn’t alone and she started to run toward him but before she could make any real headway, the tunnel was gone. So were the lights, and so was her husband. She stood alone, somehow suspended in the darkness. She wasn’t sure where, or even how, she was standing, but she knew she was high above any solid ground and she knew that she was trapped.

She screamed, and the sound of her terror filled the darkness that surrounded her. Two years of hell were in that scream, and she saw herself arching backwards and convulsing as she released it.

Before it ever stopped echoing, she saw it – a band of light streaming towards her. She stood, unafraid, sensing the peace the light was bringing. Watching herself as if from a distance, she saw the band shoot through her and then curve back up towards the place of its origin.

Hopelessness – Conclusion tomorrow…

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April 4, 2008by Paul Jenkins
Written by Paul Jenkins
Paul Jenkins is lead pastor of The Gathering, a community church located in beautiful downtown Albemarle, North Carolina. He's the author of God is My Air Traffic Controller and My Name's Not Lou. Paul is passionate about his wife, his 3 children, running, reading, coaching, leading people who are following Jesus, Swedish Fish and the Carolina Panthers.