Chapter 7: (Spiders)

Chapter 7

It was now completely dark. Ben and Kaela had both pulled out their swords, and the familiar, pure glow lit the path ahead of them.

Kaela smiled as she remembered a time, quite a bit ago, when Klii had read aloud to her, Ben, Learka, and Yev from the Book of Prophesies. One of the parts that she recalled well was a verse fitting for the situation now. 'You are a lamp to my way and a light to my path/I can walk at night without my foot being caught'. How true that was now!

Lisa quickened her pace and caught up to Kaela. "I didn't know it could ever get so dark out!" the other girl exclaimed.

"Dark?" Kaela wondered. "It's not dark; the swords are lighting up things rather nicely."

"Well, yeah, but...don't they seem really dim? Everything's all shadowy." Lisa nervously chewed on the end of her pen as she peered around, trying to find the great light that Kaela was talking about.

Kaela shook her head, bemused. "Lisa, can't you see it? I can at least clearly make out the path ten feet in front of us!"

Lisa looked sad. "Maybe I can't see it because I don't really believe in Adonai?"

Kaela's eyebrows lifted. "You know, you're probably right--you can't see the light because you don't believe in the source of it."

"I want to see it, I really do," insisted Lisa. "But I can't. Why is that, you think?"

Thoughtfully looking at the other girl, Kaela finally said, "It's because we don't choose to follow Adonai."

It was Lisa's turn to raise her eyebrows. "We don't?"

Kaela shook her head firmly. "No, we don't. And it actually makes perfect sense. Everyone's a sinner, and sinners wouldn't choose to follow Adonai by themselves. Last time Ben and I were here, he actually died to pay for all the wrong things we've done, are doing, and will do! People don't like to be told that they're not really good deep down and that they need someone else to help them, so we wouldn't want to believe in him on our own. It's more...grace then choice."

Lisa frowned. "I suppose that does make sense..."

Kaela nodded sympathetically. "I know everything's confusing here. You're probably still processing the fact that you're even here, right?"

"Exactly!"

"Well," said Kaela. "You think it's hard for you, just think of what it was like for Ben and me! The only explanation that we got was from Elandaians who didn't see our perspective."

"Yeah," Lisa laughed. "I guess I got it easy!"

Kaela smiled back, and then gave a shriek that was truly ear-splitting. Right in front of them dangled the biggest spider she had ever seen.
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Ah, spiders! Kaela's arachnophobic, by the way.

Izori