The Knight's story has no ending, only a new beginning and
a touch of the unknown now enters his life.
The Knight's Journal Part 2
The tears of joy started to subside and the Knight sat once
more for a moment musing. He thanked God for the 'word' in his Journal and
then went back to the task of putting his armour away. His mind cast back
in time to his long quest, and with God's 'word' ringing in his ear, he felt
the hand of 'Comfort' on his shoulder and smiled for the first time in many
months. What the Knight did not know was that in this time of 'Peace' he would
find himself in great danger.
On his quest, the Knight being a warrior, would always try to influence events
around him, that was the nature of the leonine beast. He would attempt to
move mountains just so events could go the way he desired. Of course there
were frustrations and disappointments, but the Knight stoically accepted them
as defeats from which a lesson should be learned. However very dangerously
there were lessons that the Knight failed to see, and he was totally unaware
that a deep seated hurt was, over time, building up with him. The Knight's
soul had been seriously injured with the Nails of Pain, and he was unaware
of it.
You see the soul of the Knight was always pure and had a vast capacity for
love. Unfortunately what the Knight did not know was that a 'Spell of Lethargy'
had been cast over him by the 'Witches of Deception'. The Knight, during his
quest, met many women from the 'Ordinary' tribe. Some of these women were
not to be trusted, and it was these women who had persuaded the Witches to
cast the Spell over the Knight. Because the Spell was powerful, he was quickly
lulled into a sense of trusting within any relationship he formed with them.
He trusted and believed all he was told by those women. You see the Spell
made him blind to their lies and deceit. In the end the 'Protectors' had to
step in and make the Knight see the 'Truth'. When 'Truth' finally visited
the Knight and gave him the insight of reality, the Knight had to pay for
the visit by receiving a grave injury. A Nail of Pain was driven deep into
his soul.
Each time the Knight was betrayed, another Nail of Pain was driven into his
soul, until one day the 'Protectors' decided that the Knight had been injured
enough. The 'Protectors' needed to stop the injuries hurting the Knight further
before his soul was lost forever , so they decided that the time for action
was at hand. A complicated plan was drawn up in the other world, a plan so
intricate that it would take a mind of only pure thought to unravel it's complexities.
You see the 'Protectors' knew that the Spell that had been visited on the
Knight, and also that the Nails that were within him would take a very long
time to deal with. That was unless a major force could be directed at the
Knight to shake loose the Spell and eject the Nails.The name of that force
was 'Faith'.
Now 'Faith' lived very close to the Knight and would visit him on many occasions,
but 'Faith' never stayed with the Knight for any period of time save a few
fleeting moments. 'Faith' had a brother who stayed with the Knight a lot,
he was called 'Belief', but he was not as strong as 'Faith' and therefore
could not help the Knight in this his 'hour of peril'. You see events had
taken a very serious turn. The Knight, because of all the past battles was
losing his vision. He had started to become blind to the presence of either
'Belief' or of 'Faith'. Another terrible affliction was also standing in the
wings and waiting to enter the 'Theatre of Tragedy' upon whose stage the Knight
now walked, it was the loss of 'Trust' and 'Hope'. Two integral and important
parts for the future growth of his soul. Without them his soul could never
continue to grow and the Knight would eventually suffer a death within life.
The shock of which may impede the Knight ever reaching Heaven and the 'Special'
woman he sought.
The 'Protectors' had stood alongside the Knight when in the depths of despair
of past times he had asked God to allow him to return home. 'Comfort' had
once more placed a hand of upon his shoulder, and 'Love' had touched his heart
with a gentle kiss, but things were not going to be easy from now on. The
Knight needed to be helped, and very quickly before the 'River of No Return'
upon which he travelled, carried him away to the 'Island of the Lost' from which there can be no return.
There will be more........
(c) Keith Wilkinson 2002
