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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 1 – Beginner)
Topic: Ow! (01/07/10)
Last night, I fought my life with an "aswang," a ghost which hastens the death of a sick person by sipping their blood, commonly believed to exist here in the provinces of the Philippines. The aswang floated above me...you may say I'm crazy. A lot of my relatives believe I really am and have even been claiming to have received messages from JC. That's how I call my personal God sweetly, "JC," short for Jesus Christ.
I was surprised long ago when my shrink said, "So, these are the revelations," as she read the notes typewritten by me: "I love you more than anyone does, more than anyone ever will... even if you are fat, moody, or sick. I love you no matter what, more than you'll ever know." " I love you even if sometimes you forget Me...even if you sin (there is no sin you can commit that I'll not forgive). I love you "always and forever" and " all ways" too! "I will never stop, even for a second, loving you." "Take my love with you wherever you go." "Always meditate on my love for you so that it will overflow through you to others." My JC is "makulit," a Filipino adjective which means "saying over and over again in order to persuade," but He is never "makulit" enough for me. When asked why He sends me special love messages, He said I need it most as a loner, only child with deceased parents who met in the Mental Hospital.
So last night I fought my life by praying hard to God, "God, I still want to write Ow!What love. So much love from JC.
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Explanations:The "aswang" in the Philippines is known to sip blood but last night, I felt that she, was only able to take some of my energy. Seeing her was the spirit world's way of punishing me bec. I ate meat when I've sworn to be on a perpetual fast or take a vegetarian diet. You see, I'm so fat, I need diet to survive. From the roof of the house, I heard a tick tick tick and outside the window, a flapping noise. The aswang is believed to fly using an a half-human, half-animal body and has a spirit which I saw floating above me, while I was half-awake. I did not struggle, I prayed I wanted to write for faithwriters and God gave me energy to get up.
Many of the love quotations were received and written beforehand with little additions now. I've been sharing them to lonely women and sent some to agencies in the computer but I've not heard any publisher respond. I write with my name "Nelia" or my nickname, "Mapin" and sometimes "JC" as the writer which I sometimes claim to be my penname as my hand is controlled by Him whenever It writes love notes. Thank you and more life to Christian Faithwriters!
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Colin Swann
01/15/10
Thank you for educating me about customs I'd never heard of. I like the use of JC for Jesus Christ. "Have you had a word with JC today?" Sounds good, doesn't it? Colin
Joan Campbell
01/16/10
Your story shows that "Greater is He that is in us (JC) than he that is in the world" (1 Jn 4:4) Keep holding on tightly to Him. Thank you for sharing this.
Jan Ackerson
01/18/10
Fascinating glimpse at spiritual warfare.

I've started a class in the FaithWriters forums for Beginner and Intermediate writers. I'd love to see you there--look for "Jan's Writing Basics".

Keep writing!