Show n I Shall Return B By y PAM JOHNSON Dawn finally has come I slept very little last night because of the excitement building building build build- ing within me Now it is morning and I am ready for this most important day FATHER FATTIER BECKONS me to come and sit by him while he talks to be about a new experience in a new world His face is serious and kind kindas as he tells me of the hardships hardships hardships hard hard- ships an earthly life can cause but his smile is warm as he says that if I live faithfully through these trials I will be able to come back to him and live again in his heavenly world My heart surges with joy joyas r as I think of coming back to my wonderful father for forI I know I will long for him and his divine world HE THEN looks into my eyes and tells me rue to observe carefully the earth below before before before be be- fore I make my final decision I know he is right in telling me to be sure that I really want an earthly body because I this choice will determine events to come but even when I 1 look down upon his world below I am almost sure I want to go down there for lor forit forit lorit it will make my father happy I AM now peering down upon my fathers father's beautiful creation My eyes dart about curiously but then I see something something something some some- thing that makes me think that maybe the world isn't so wonderful I sit and watch fathers father's world go by and I Iwonder Iwonder Iwonder wonder why some happenings there occur 1 Down there people are hurring hurrying hurrying hurry hurry- ing and running They dont don't don'tS S teem eem to really understand the thet ift of life At t least t gift lif they payI pay I little attention to my father who created them NOW I KNOW why his face clouds with sadness as people people peo peo- pIe down there dont don't even look lookup lookup lookup up at father and say Thank you Then I see something else which also hurts me People treat each other so cruelly and thoughtlessly I wonder how Ill I'll every get used to that because where Jve lived where everyone feels only love I WONDER as Im I'm sitting on earth I know Ill I'll miss the friends I have now Maybe they'll come to earth too but bilt butI I wonder if well we'll remember each other like we do here or if well we'll treat each other the way they do on earth I sigh wondering if my choice of an earthly life is really the right one SUDDENLY I feel a hand handon on my shoulder I look up into the face of my brother His hand is stretched out to the earth below I look where he heis heis heis is pointing There is a little littlechild littlechild child kneeling at his bedside His sweet prayer make tears come corne to my eyes I turn to tomy tomy tomy my father He is touched also by the little childs child's words Yes father I whisper I will go to earth and I will remember you as that little child has for I want to come back and live with you forever FATHER embraces me and andI I want to cry but he only says Good by my son Always Always Always Al Al- ways remember I am here Seek and you shall find me I turned away with the thought shining in my face that I will magnify my calling on earth so that others might find the joy and peace and someday come back with me meto meto meto to meet our dear Lord and Father |