Welcome to the Quest…

Step away for a moment. Follow a path not typically traveled.  Take a journey with an aspiring author who was given a gift he almost buried and lost by putting that dream on hold.  For a few decades.  This is your chance to help him see that it is not too late to begin.   He is on a quest that will lead him to write and publish novels of fiction that will hopefully inspire others to follow their own dreams too.  You will be given a chance with each post to comment upon the insights and discoveries you find in each post.  Some may include wisdom from ancient texts.  Others may include a window glimpse into the beginnings of stories this author has written over the years in obscurity.  You will be given the chance to comment and vote for those you like and dislike.  Those you want to see developed into a larger story and those which do not quite resonate with you.  Taste and likes are different, so several readers are encouraged to provide a brief comment.  As this blog progresses, the author will take note of those story ideas that seem to resonate with you dear readers, and companions on this journey.  This is your chance to help direct an aspiring author and perhaps share and gain a little insight spiritual or otherwise into the living of life upon the Surface World to which all we responsible adults must return to lead productive lives.  May each visit to this progressing journey give you some bit of positive encouragement.  May this visit entertain you.  Make you laugh on somedays.  Cry on others.  Or bring chills and goosebumps when sometime you need those too.  Here are your knapsack and traveling gear.  And a torch.  We sometimes have to travel through the dark as well as the light.  Keep your wits about you.  We will rely on them if we are to survive this quest together.

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They said the Kingdom of Excavatia and the Mystery of The Ebenezer Stone was only in his mind…

That only he imagined it…

…But they were wrong.  It was much deeper than the mind.

The call to seek the Hidden Kingdom beckons all those who are willing.

 What if there was a place inside you, where you could go to see who you really are?

“As a face is reflected in water, so the heart reflects the real person.” [Proverbs 27:19 NLT]

What if, when you went there, you found it to be a place full of ruling factions, cruel warlords, oppressed peoples, human hybrids, and strange sentient monsters, with the lands teetering on the verge of war?

“The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is?” [Jeremiah 17:9 NLT]

What if you were called to rescue those threatened and perishing within that world, armed only with the Words of an Ancient Book planted in memory and the sense of the prompting deep within your spirit?

“Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.” [Proverbs 4:23 NLT]

What if you were called to lead others into that wild place to find a hidden kingdom guarded by a creature whose sole goal is to keep you from opening its mysterious door?

“But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.” [Matthew 6:33 CSB]

What if you knew that seeking the hidden kingdom was somehow connected to the mysterious Marker Stone at the start of your journey, and that anything done in relation to that Stone would arose the fury and wrath of both monsters and men?

“I have seen the task that God has given the children of Adam to keep them occupied. He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also put eternity in their hearts, but no one can discover the work God has done from beginning to end.” [Ecclesiastes 3:10-11 CSB]

What if the door to this hidden kingdom had three mysterious keys, appearing as precious stones of virtue, and you knew you were responsible for the tragic loss of one into the hands of a powerful enemy?

“I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will have been loosed in heaven.” [Matthew 16:19 CSB]

What if the only hope you have in succeeding in this quest is not to become stronger, but to allow yourself to be made weak and vulnerable–to find an external strength that does not depend on your ability or insight, but upon your willingness to surrender?

“For now, we see only a reflection as in a mirror, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, as I am fully known. Now these three remain: faith, hope, and love—but the greatest of these is love.” [1 Corinthians 13:12-13 CSB]

The Hidden Kingdom beckons you…

Are you willing?

Author: Excavatia

Christian - Redeemed Follower of Jesus Christ, Husband, Son, Brother, Citizen, Friend, Co-worker. [In that order] Student of the Scriptures in the tradition of Acts 17:11, aspiring: author, illustrator, voice actor. View all posts by Excavatia