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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 1 – Beginner)
Topic: The Family Reunion (06/05/08)
He is waiting at the gates, watching. He has not done this before: has not come down to these magnificent gates that have never before been opened; has not looked across these graceful hills of green that have never before been crossed. No one has ever come this way before. The simple stone pathway is untrodden. There has been no glad reunion.

He waits in silence; we watch in silence; and in the hushed twilight, a sweet expectant spirit draws us together. We are not bound to him with familial bonds; we do not share his blood, yet we are family. This is our reunion too, in a smaller, humbler way.

Time is meaningless, yet the significance of the moment is not lost. It spills over and beyond us as we wait in this eternal present for the sun to rise again.

We look to Father, but his eyes are on the gentle curve of hill, on the man who walks in solitude towards this untouched gate. In his wake, the dawn spreads; a wash of honeyed light that diffuses into myriad morning stars, throwing no shadow across his path.

He pauses at the entrance. His work-roughened hands trace the gates’ graceful lines.
“Father,” he says, “I am home.”

Father’s voice is deep and low, a current of love threaded with quiet grief.
“Forgive me, my Son,” He says, “for turning from you in your suffering. There was no other way.”

“No, Abba,” the son replies, extending nail-scarred hands, “There was no greater Love.”

The gates of Heaven sweep wide and, amid a rush of wings and saintly praise, I, a humble cherub, watch the silent holy reunion of the Father and the Son.
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Sara Harricharan
06/13/08
Oooh! I love this POV! This is one of my favorites for this week. It is short, sweet and well done for quite a wonderful family reunion! Loved it! ^_^
Edmond Ng
06/13/08
The suspense, antipation, and familiar description of One we know and love dearly have me reading over the story several times before coming to the end to realize you're writing from the cherub's POV. A very interesting angle of writing. Keep up the good work.
Patricia Turner 
06/15/08
How wonderfully you set the scene and told a plausible story of the homecoming of the Firstborn Son. Loved the POV that made me wish I had been there. Thank you.