Chapter Twenty One
Divine Restoration
Two hundred and eighty-one days later.
The bar-Kregridor followed by its four brethren broke through the crisp atmosphere of the greater of the two Haven Worlds. The journey was over.
Ellanara made her way out the open entrance of the ship and into the cool green grass that the bar-Kregridor had set down in. The sight of the green grass and the texture of it against her legs was a welcome relief from the sameness of space travel. The wind stirred her hair and brought her the essence of late spring flowers. She smiled, as she pushed a strand of hair from off her face, as she looked at the distant snowcapped mountains.
Yes, this was home at long last. She gasped softly at the sudden movement within her womb. It was painful, but she smiled anyway. She loved to feel her child move within her. It was one of the best feelings that she had ever experienced in life. Her husband came up behind her and she relaxed back against him, as his big hands slid over top of hers where they rested on her belly. This was another of the best feelings of her life. God had not only blessed her with a new home, but a man she could enjoy it with and soon a child that she would share it with.
I leaned down and spoke into her ear, “Does your new home meet with your approval darling?”
She nodded and I could feel her smiling in my thoughts, even as I watched the evidence of it on her face.
She moved one of her hands up and pointed toward the distant mountains, “I want a castle home over there and a village right beside it.”
“Whoa! We just landed and your already master planning out the future?” I said teasingly.
“Yes!” She said smiling cheekily up at me. “You’ll build them for me won’t you?” She said tilting her head back and giving me one of those looks that I could never deny.
“You know I will.” I said, as I lowered my head and kissed her passionately.
Together we started out holding hands, as we explored the sights and sounds of our new home making our way through the tall grass thick with wildflowers. She dug her hand into a pocket and pulled out a flat piece of stone that I had seen her carry with her for months. I knew what the stone said and the rich meaning of the story behind it.
She held the stone in her hands for a moment and then she looked up at me her eyes wet with tears. I don’t think her tears were anything to do with sadness, but rather an overflowing well of happiness.
“Can we build the Chapel first though?” She asked looking at me questioningly.
I nodded and said, “We’ll start on it in the morning my love.”
Two shadowy holographic images watched the young couple walk through the meadow towards the mountains in the distance. If they could have, both networks would have been crying on each other’s shoulder for moral support.
“I’m so happy for them!” Abby choked out.
“Me too!” Responded Nara equally choked up, as they both stared out at the scene of a new life unfolding all around them.
Both of the networks wanted to be a part of everything that they had helped make possible through the years, but they were content to see the happiness of others. Neither of them saw the robed figure materialize out of nothingness behind them. Nor did they hear or sense His approach, but they felt His touch. Both Abby and Nara reacted in astonishment, as electric shock waves dissipated off of them to be extinguished in the air.
They turned to look at each other and then, as if not yet believing what they felt they reached out and touched each other’s faces in wonderment. Together they turned towards the source of the touch that had made them whole. Both women fell to their knees crying before the Master of all life.
“Come. Walk with Me.” He said, as he gently pulled them both up to their feet and led them out into the meadow.
“You have both given up much in the pursuit of being faithful to the work assigned to you and it is nothing for My Father to give you a reward such as this for your long and faithful service. Abberslolena you will find a soulmate of your own soon and have the joy of becoming a mother just as you have always yearned to, but have been so faithful to keep hidden these many long years. Now for you Nara. I know all is not what you would’ve wished it to be, but you will know joy and comfort yet in your older years. Soon your arms will hold and rock to sleep the child of promise that your beloved husband’s faithfulness is due in large part to. There will be more children and you shall teach them of the wisdom of their grandfather and of My ways and in the fullness of time you will be laid to your rest in peace, after many good years. Now go and enjoy the goodness of the day that I have made along with all the deserving people that have clung to My Name and have not forsaken My ways.”
The Master disappeared from before their eyes and both woman stood staring at the empty space for a moment before they came together hugging each other fiercely and then screaming for joy they broke away to start running through the tall grass after the couple that had gone on before them eager to share the good news that had made them whole once again.
The older couple that stood in the shadow of the bar-Kregridor smiled at the antics of the two women.
Raya glanced over at Zevin and he met her gaze as she said, “Now that was worth sticking around for! A pity your father couldn’t see this day too. I know how worried he was about the future.”
Zevin nodded and smiled as he said, “Something tells me he’s not worried anymore. Everything that was promised has come true. God has been faithful to deliver. Shall we follow after them my dear and share in the good news?”
Zevin started to lead Raya after the two departing women, but she pulled him away in a different direction, “I had something else in mind dear. You’re looking a little old today and I need to fix that.” Raya said with a wink.
“There’s good reason for why I’m looking old dear, after all I am……”
Raya cut him off by placing several fingers over his lips, “It matters not how old you are or how near both of us are to our rest. What matters this day is celebrating life. This day is the beginning of the restoration of our people that the Lord has made possible and as a people we should rejoice and be glad in it.”
Zevin bowed before her and kissed her hand, “Yes my Queen.”
Raya smiled, “That’s more like it old man.”