It was a beautiful day. It had just rained and the air smelled wonderfully like rain and wet earth. The Trees and bushes glowed with a beautiful green. In that lovely woods was a small cabin where a little family lived. There was the father and a tiny child, barely seven years old. On one day the father went out to get some wood from the trees for the upcoming winter. So the small child was completely on it's own, in the living room and it had an assignment. Father said:" Be a good child and read your book. It is very important. This book teaches you how to be more like me." But instead it played with the wooden toys. It did not want to read one of the books that were placed on the shelf. It's father told it:" You need to read it. Now, we will help you and teach you. And one day you will read it on your own. So you may learn about your me. " The tiny thing was not happy about that. After all it already knew it's father. It was not that hard.
But contrary to what it believed it was really harder than one might think.
So it played with it's toys. Happily ignoring the books. It did not notice that father did not came back at 7pm. Which is strange, because father always comes back at 7pm. But not today. However the little thing did not notice and continued to play. It completely forgot about it's book.
At was a few minutes after 8pm that the child started to hear knocking. It was confused. Where was father? What should it do about the assignment? It started panicking, but quickly calmed itself down. It would be fine. After all it was just one day, where it did not do what it was supposed to do. There was another knock, then another. Filled with curiosity it went to the door and pressed it's ear to the door. "My child, please let me in. I brought you new toys. Don't you want to take a look at them?" The child frowned. Indeed that person sounded a lot like his father, but that could not be the case. After all his father never forgot his keys. Never. And he also never talked to him from outside the house, from the other side of the door. He always unlocked the door and entered alone. So it could not be a friend of his father either.
But the little thing decided not to worry. After all it was sure that father must be somewhere near the house, so nothing bad would happen. Another knock. "Darling, please. Do you really want to leave your father out in the cold? I just brought toys for you.", said the unknown man.
The child was excited. His father brought him new toys! It has to be his father. After all, who else would bring him toys? So he unlocked the door. However that was a big mistake. A strange man walked in and he looked wrong. Nothing like his father. His father was so full of life, happy even in difficult situations and so unbelievable humble and grateful for everything. He had such a light in him that everyone else could see it. But this man was twisted. There was no light, no smile and no happiness. He looked like he had not smiled in years. "Come here, little one. I have a present for you." The crooked man said and held up a bag. "Well it must be fine. After all, father never comes back so late. So he must be somewhere near the house.", thought the small thing and happily went to the man. The unknown man rook something from his bag and placed it into the hands of the small thing. The child beamed with happiness. It was the toy it wanted for years! It started ignoring the man in favor of marveling at the toy. But the crooked man opened his bag a second time. However he did not take out a toy, but a knife. The child's eyes were as big as saucers. It barely had the time to start panicking as the wicked man jumped at him like an animal and pierced the knife through his arm. The child started screaming:"Father! Father!" And behold the father suddenly rushed in and immediately tackled the evil man. That crooked thing started to look scared. It was shaking like a leaf in the wind. It quickly got up and ran out of the house with an inhuman speed. The father closed the door and looked at his child. He did not look angry. No, he seemed disappointed. The little thing looked ashamed on the ground. "What is the one rule that I told you?", asked father. "Do not open the door, when someone is knocking", it answered. "Then why did you open the door? Did you really think that I forgot my keys? I will always save you, but how can I ensure your safety, if you open the door, when I'm not here? These evil things do not come when I'm here with you", father explained. The child felt tears running down it's face. Father sighed and sat his child on the couch and started to bandage it's wounds. The little thing hicupped and cried. After the father was done, he picked up the toy that the evil man gifted his child. He opened the door and threw it as far as he could. Then he walked back in and locked the door.
What should he do? His child nearly died for a toy. A badly made one too.
He sighed and took something out of his backbag to show it his child. The small child stopped crying and looked at the thing in his father's hands. It was a wooden toy, but so much more beautiful than the other one. "I made this for you, because you wanted it so badly. However you will not get it. Because you did not listen to me. You nearly died. Do you know that?", father asked. His child looked at him surprised.
But what was it expecting him to do? It clearly did not appreciate the presents from his father. After all, it only opened the door, because the men had toys for him. Ashamed the boy looked on the floor. "I'm sorry, Abba", his child whispered. The Father hugged his little baby. "Do not do this again. It's bad for my heart", asked the father of his child. It could only nod. "Come on", told him father,"let's eat now." And they both walked into the kitchen.
"Father, who was that evil person? He seemed very afraid of you", told him his child. "That crooked thing was a murderer. And it is scared of the light. That is why he is afraid of me. I am the light. And that thing calls itself 'Sin'", answered father.
Sadly however, it did not know, that this would happen again and again. But his father would forgive him everytime. But everytime it did, the small thing learned it's lesson. However the crooked things outside his father's cabin also learned with every interaction. But his father always saved him. And he will continue to do so, because it was his child and he would not lose it. Never.
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How did you like the story? I tried to make a little bit longer, because I love long stories. Maybe I will make them a little longer.👍
From personal experience I can tell you, that the devil is like a sickness. It comes back when it wants to, but God shields us from him, most of the times. And then you get tested, if you are tempted by something and of course that cursed animal has to know what we want. And he comes with something that looks absolutely beautiful and then we sin or as in my story: we cry out to God to save us from this temptation. It always works. But we still have to repent and that's great, because we can show God amd ourselfes that we do not want to continuo to live like this and we change. So it's a win. Even if we did fail him and broke his heart 🥲
Screw this stupid lizard. I hope it chokes on his lies.😌
Also please leave a comment, because I'm new to this and would like to improve my writing.
Love you, but God loves you more.
Ps: God is always there for you, especially when you feel like he has left you. Because he did not and he never will. You are just looking in the wrong direction.
God wants to hear from you.😘