"no, forget it Jesus .. just forget it
this is a case for the Highest judge of allthis is a case to be heard and judged
by the father, not the son
yes, God -- oh ! God is the only one
to judge this case
God, just see what he has done !
he has sailed away, and left me all alone
my Comforter has sailed away to sea
in a beautiful pea-green boat
without even a post card or a daisy-note
to have a perfectly marvelous float
on the ocean
.. without me" Page 714
After receiving no answer from Jesus, Linda prays to God for guidance. All to no avail. Then she decides to converse with Satan. The imaginary conversation Linda has with the "devil" will make you laugh out loud! Linda writes with such wit and wisdom as she speaks of leaving Easter behind for Halloween goblins! Set/Seth tells Linda to take the two doll gifts from Brewer--the fuzzy bunny, Algae, and Raggedy Anne without an "e" and cut each into 14 pieces to be able to get over him for good and to forget him. Satan also tells Linda to investigate Brewer by paying a detective to gather up some info. You see, in Canto Eighteen, Brewer tells Linda that his eyes were never green but were blue, that he was never left-handed, and that he has always been only six feet tall. Linda began to doubt her sanity. But Brewer lied to hurt her. He even practiced and practiced writing with his right hand to fool her! The investigation showed that he WAS indeed six-feet-two and had green eyes and was left-handed.
After a prayer to God while Set/Seth slept, the cover of Time just delivered to her door dated that day of July 24, 1972 gave Linda renewed hope. The words printed across the cover in a yellow ribbon were: In Quest of a Second Miracle. This brought Linda back in time to her childhood where she recalled all the wonderful growing-things that brought her to this point in her Life. We are right there with her as she (and as we) relive each memory again. Linda is back again, and she tries to heal the damage she caused with the wand of forgiveness. It works, and we are all touched to tears.
"I rose from the altar of the cedar chest
a great peace flooding in my breast
and I searched, till I found a needle and thread
then gently gently gently
I lifted the torn parts and pieces of Raggy and Algae
from the casket box where I had placed them
to be mailed to you
.. for you to bury
tenderly, I placed them on my knees
and kissed each one softly .. a gentle snowflake kiss
to make all the pain go away
and whispered into their warm ears
'love is an anesthetic
shhh !
don't cry .. it won't hurt'
and I sewed with needle and thread
teeny-tiny stitches of love and healing
and put them back together again
stronger than new
oh ! much stronger than new
in the healing becoming much stronger
as Gooober told me broken bones always do
then, kneeling
with Raggy and Algae both smiling at me,
forgiving
I prayed .. forgiving too
dear Jesus .. please guide us
on our quest for a second miracle" Pages 738-739
I could barely type that through walls of tears. Am I the only one crying?
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"Never mentally imagine for another that which you would not want to experience for yourself, since the mental image you send out inevitably comes back to you." Rebecca Clark