Living the Dream

~~~Day’s Verse:Guard my soul and deliver me;Do not let me be ashamed, for I take refuge in You. Let integrity and uprightness preserve me,I will wait for You.Psalm 25:20-21~~~
Well, actually my worst nightmare involves a semi-truck going 60 miles an hour. This was a minivan, turning right on a red light. The light was green [...]

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~~~Day’s Verse:Many waters cannot quench love,Nor will rivers overflow it;If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love,It would be utterly despised.Song of Solomon 8:7~~~
Below, you will find the 300-word abstract of the novel I just wrote. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to read the synopsis [...]

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~~~Day’s Verse:“I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine,He who pastures his flock among the lilies.”Song of Solomon 6:3~~~
Six Months Later
“Summer, call for you on line one.” Looking up from her computer monitor, Summer glanced at her phone. Sure enough, the red incoming call light blinked insistently.
“Thanks, Sarah,” Summer called to her half-assistant. [...]

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~~~Day’s Verse:Restless in bed and sleepless through the night, I longed for my lover.I wanted him desperately. His absence was painful.So I got up, went out and roved the city, hunting through streets and down alleys.I wanted my lover in the worst way! I looked high and low, and didn’t find him.Song of Solomon 3:1-3~~~
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~~~Day’s Verse:Listen! My lover!Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.My lover is like a gazelle or a young stag.Look! There he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice. Song of Solomon 2:8-9~~~
Guilt was a prime component of the rest of Summer’s meal. She barely tasted [...]

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~~~Day’s Verse:My lover spoke and said to me,“Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, and come with me.See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone.Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land.The fig tree forms its early fruit; the blossoming vines [...]

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~~~Day’s Verse:Oh, let me warn you, sisters in Jerusalem,by the gazelles, yes, by all the wild deer:Don’t excite love, don’t stir it up,until the time is ripe—and you’re ready. Song of Solomon 2:7~~~
Summer just looked at Doug, too drained to even feel triumphant. She didn’t even know if this was what she wanted anymore. Funny [...]

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~~~Day’s Verse:Tell me where you’re working—I love you so much—Tell me where you’re tending your flocks, where you let them rest at noontime.Why should I be the one left out, outside the orbit of your tender care?Song of Solomon 1:7 (context)~~~
When she got to work on Thursday, Summer found a meeting invitation waiting for her: [...]

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~~~Day’s Verse:And you, my dear lover—you’re so handsome!And the bed we share is like a forest glen.We enjoy a canopy of cedars enclosed by cypresses, fragrant and green.Song of Solomon 1:16-17 (context)~~~
Note: Updated scene between Hunter and student. The update will pertain to a near-future post.
Standing in from of the classroom, Hunter looked perfect. Chastity [...]

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~~~Day’s Verse:Take me away with you! Let’s run off together!An elopement with my King-Lover! We’ll celebrate, we’ll sing, we’ll make great music.Yes! For your love is better than vintage wine. Everyone loves you—of course! And why not?Song of Solomon 1:4 (context)~~~
Summer called her lawyer the next day. Shifting uncomfortably in her seat, trying to find [...]

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