BELL # 21

THE LITTLE GIRL STOOD
BY THE WALL WHICH HELD THE WATER
SHE LOOKED ONCE MORE AT THE CEMENT
WHICH HELD BACK SO MUCH PRESSURE
SHE COULD SEE TINY, TINY CRACKS IN THIS WALL
BUT MORE CONVINCING THAN THAT
WAS WHAT SHE FELT
WHEN SHE STOOD CLOSE TO THE WALL
IT COULD BE SUNNY OR CLOUDY
IT COULD BE WINDY OR STILL
AND SHE WOULD FEEL THE GROUND RUMBLE
HER FATHER KNEW OF THESE THINGS
SHE TOLD ALL WHO SHE KNEW
FOR SHE SINCERELY THOUGHT THAT SOMEONE
SHOULD FIX THE WALL
BUT PEOPLE PATTED HER ON THE HEAD
AND TOLD HER TO THINK OF "HAPPY" THINGS
SOME EVEN CALLED HER A BAD CHILD
BECAUSE THEY SAID THAT
SHE WAS CAUSING TROUBLE
WITH ALL HER TALK OF DANGER
BUT SHE WOULDN'T STOP

ONE DAY IN EARLY SUMMER
SHE FELT A TREMBLE MUCH STRONGER
THAN ANY SHE HAD FELT BEFORE
IT WAS JUNE AND SCHOOL HAD JUST FINISHED
SO SHE KNEW THE THE KIDS WOULD BE PLAYING
INSTEAD OF BEING HELD CAPTIVE INDOORS
SHE HOPED THAT WHEN THE WALL DID BREAK
THAT, AT LEAST,
THE CHILDREN WOULD BE SAFE

WHY WOULDN'T THE ADULTS
DO ANYTHING?
THEY WERE BUSY WITH THEIR LIVES
MAKING MONEY AND BUYING THINGS
COMPARING WHAT THEY HAD
WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS

THE LEADER
OF THE LAND SPENT HIS TIME
TRAVELING ABOUT HERE AND THERE
TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE
KNEW HE WAS THE LEADER
BUT HE RARELY HAD TIME ANYMORE
TO DO HIS JOB OF LEADING

THEN THE TIME CAME
WHEN SHE KNEW IT WAS ABOUT TO BREAK
HER FAMILY GATHERED THEIR THINGS TOGETHER
AND SHE ASKED IF SHE COULD GO
ONE LAST TIME TO THE WALL
MAYBE THERE WOULD BE SOMEONE THERE
THAT SHE COULD TELL
AND THEY WOULD FINALLY LISTEN
HER FATHER SAID THAT HE WOULD GO
WITH HER TO THE WALL
THIS ONE LAST TIME

IT WAS A BRIGHT SUNNY SUNDAY MORNING
SHE LOOKED AT THE WALL ONE LAST TIME
FELT THE GROUND RUMBLE
AND THEN OFF IN THE DISTANCE SHE HEARD
A BELL TOLL 21 TIMES

WHAT COULD THAT MEAN?

HER FATHER KNEW AND HE SPOKE CALMLY
THAT IT WAS TIME TO LEAVE
THEY LEFT WITHOUT HESITATION
WHEN THEY HAD CROSSED OVER
TO THE NEW LAND
THE WALL GAVE WAY
THE WATER SWEPT THE TOWN
TO ITS GRAVE

SOME CHILDREN SURVIVED
FOR THEY KNEW WHERE THE HIGH GROUND LAY
THE LITTLE GIRL HAD TOLD THEM
WHERE TO GO
WHEN THE WALL FINALLY BREAKS

THE LITTLE GIRL
NEVER RETURNED TO THE TOWN
IN FACT,
THERE WAS NOT TRULY A TOWN
TO RETURN TO
BUT SHE
LIVED AND PLAYED AND LOVED
WHERE HER FATHER
HAD TAKEN HER TO LIVE

AND SO
IS THIS
THE END
OF THE STORY?

IT IS
IN
MANY WAYS
FOR
I
HAVE
RUNG 21 BELLS
IN
WARNING
AS
I
HAVE PROMISED

THERE WILL BE
"CHILDREN"
WHO
WILL SURVIVE
THE
ONSLAUGHT
OF THESE
END-TIMES
BECAUSE
THEY KNOW HOW
TO GET TO
HIGHER GROUND

STAND TALL
REVOLUTIONARIES
WE
WILL NOT
BUILD A NEW TOWN
WHERE THE OLD ONE STOOD
BUT
WE WILL
BUILD
A
HEAVENLY KINGDOM
ON
EARTHEN SOIL

I'LL
SHOW YOU HOW

THANK YOU, SERVANT
FOR THE FAITHFUL WORDS
THESE 21 MONTHS

THE ONES
WHO ARE
REALLY
AND
TRULY MINE
WHO ARE
OF
MY BLOOD
HAVE LISTENED
AND
WILL BE
SAFE

THE
WATER COMES
AND
DIVIDES
THE EVIL
FROM
THE RIGHTEOUS

NEVER
RETURN TO THOSE
WHO LISTENED
NOT

NEVER
TRY TO SPEAK
A WORD OF CONSOLATION
FOR YOU SEE
THEY ARE
NOT WISE
THEY ARE
NOT OF
ME
THEY ARE
NOT MEANT
TO
BELONG
TO THOSE WHO
HAVE EARS TO HEAR
THE FATHER'S CRY

STAY
IN THE
NEW LAND
REACH THE PEOPLE
WHO NEED
TO BE
COMMISSIONED
WITH
POWER FROM ON HIGH
AND
REMEMBER
ALWAYS REMEMBER
WHO LOVES YOU, BABY
I DO

****

"The Lord
determined to tear down
the wall around
the Daughter of Zion.
He has stretched out a measuring line
and did not withhold His Hand
from destroying.
He made ramparts and walls lament;
together they wasted away."
Lamentations 2:8

"In the beginning
You laid the foundations of the earth,
and the heavens are the work of Your Hands.
They will perish, but You remain;
they will wear out like a garment.
Like clothing You will change them
and they will be discarded.
But You remain the same,
and Your years will never end.
The children of Your servants
will live in Your Presence;
their descendants will be
established before You."
Psalm 102: 25-28

a prophet's Journal entry
06/29/03
". . . and they were destroyed in a fortnight
after the words of doom were released.
They were destroyed
as they slept and some as they ate
but they were all destroyed
who refused
MY WORDS
all.
And the prophet's WORDS rang true
and a new land she was given
to try again
to reach the masses
so stubborn.

Try and try and try she did
but the people were confident and well-fed.
They were entertained and rich
BUT
I
took it all away in one day's time
and did an
"ABOUT FACE"
to drive them to the ground - to the dust.
I will have no pity on them
and they will not rise again
to flaunt their arrogance
in
My Face
not ever again."
****

"11 days" later . . .
AND ALL
COMES TO AN END
EVENTUALLY
I
HAVE GIVEN
WARNINGS
AND
SPOKEN
OF
THE
HOLOCAUST
TO COME
BUT
YOU JUMP
TO THE
BUSINESS SECTION
TO
CHECK YOUR STOCKS

YOU
DON'T CONSIDER
THAT
THIS HOLOCAUST
WILL HAVE
A GREATER  AFFECT
ON YOUR
HEART AND SOUL
BUT STILL
YOU CONTROL
WHAT YOU CAN

I
WILL
NOW RELATE
TO YOU
A STORY ABOUT A MAN
WHO THOUGHT
HE HAD EVERYTHING
UNDER CONTROL
EVERYTHING
HE HAD HIS FUTURE
PLANNED AND MARKED OUT
HE HAD HIS RETIREMENT
SET UP
WITH
PLENTY OF
MONEY, TIME
AND
PLANS TO TRAVEL
AND
HELP OTHERS

BUT
MY HAND
STRIKES THIS DAY
FIND OUT WHY
AND
ASK YOURSELF
IF
PERHAPS
YOU ARE
ON THE
SAME PATH
AS
HE IS

ARE YOU?

WILL
YOU LEAVE
SATAN'S PATH
TO FIND
MINE?

ASK ME
TO BE
LORD
AND
I
WILL DELIVER YOU
UNTO
MY SAFETY
UNTO
MY PATH
AND
TELL YOU
ABOUT YOUR
ETERNAL HOME
WITH
ME

IT'S A
GOOD RETIREMENT PACKAGE
MUCH BETTER
THAN YOU COULD EVER
PROVIDE
FOR YOURSELF

FIND
ME
NOW

FOR
TOMORROW
MAY
BE
TOO
LATE

BUT IT WILL TRULY BE
THE BEGINNING
FOR MANY

BELL # 21 CONTINUED