Chapter 14 of Travels to John (Day 9 of NaNoWriMo) by Stacy Duplease of Stories by Stacy, LLC

Chapter 14


"HOW DO WE WANT TO DO this?" Adora asked Fallon."What suggestions do you have?"

"I think the best way to get focused on traveling back to the times of the Gospel of John is through meditation on the Word. In other words, I think if we all read the Book of John, and allow each and every word to sink in and we think about the words, and ask questions, and allow us to imagine ourselves in the story, then I bet we'll get there." Adora shared her assessment.

While Fallon knew the negative connotations can come from the phrase, 'meditating on the Word,' she knew it was because people didn't really understand what it meant. What it really means is to think on the Word, to chew on it, to allow it to sink in, and try to make it so familiar to you that it becomes a natural part of your life. It's where you read it so much, and think on it so much, that you almost get chapters memorized, never mind a verse here and there. Consequently, Fallon didn't see anything wrong at all with Adora's suggestion. "I think we need to try your suggestion."

The truth of the matter was the G-Team had already come up with a similar plan, but she wanted to give Adora some credit when the A-Team was about to fail miserably at their attempt to go back to the times of the Book of John.

“What do the rest of you think?” Fallon checked with the rest of the four. Nobody rejected the proposal so she said, “Let’s give it a try. Charlotte, you’re in charge of all 18 assistants, as you know. I’m just restating it so that everyone remembers my wishes before we leave. In theory, we’ll only be gone a second, but in case something goes wrong, I want you to know the lay of the land, so to speak. Charlotte, it’s all yours. I pass you the baton.” Fallon told the top assistant. She wanted to give credit where credit was due. However, she also said it as a reminder in case the three of the A-Team didn’t disappear. She had the feeling chaos might start and she wanted Charlotte to be ready to call the cops or whatever else if the situation grew ugly.

“So far, we have a total of 5,000 pages of documentation for just Chapter One of the Book of John. If you can come back with the condensed version, at least initially, it would be appreciated,” Charlotte joked and caused everyone in the room to chuckle.

“We’ll see what we can do.” Fallon shook her head.

“Let’s give it a try, shall we? Let’s meditate on the Word” Billy asked them.

The six grabbed their Bibles and started to read one by one on their own. Fallon kept repeating the mustard seed verse in her mind even as she read through John. It’s Matthew 17:20,



“He replied, ‘Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you,’” (NIV).



Fallon started to feel a little strangely. She was lightheaded and her skin felt like it was full of electricity. What was that about? She wondered to herself. Was it working or was she so intent on going that she was able to make herself feel in this manner?

“Erin’s gone.” Fallon heard Charlotte announce and Fallon hoped Daniel would hang around for a moment to make sure she would follow.

“Daniel’s gone.” Charlotte said in a louder voice.

“I trust You, God, and want to know Your Word as intimately as possible. This is all about You, Jesus, and is less about a study or this project. I want to know all I can about You on this side of heaven. Please allow me the opportunity.” Fallon prayed in an attempt to hurry her progress. “I trust You no matter what. Bless or block my travels.”

The moment she prayed the prayer of relinquishment, everything went black.



“WHERE IS SHE?” Erin asked Daniel as they looked around a large group of people and didn’t see Fallon.

“Give it a minute. Be patient, Erin.” He tried to soothe her with his calm voice and a squeeze on the hand. “She hasn’t done this before so I’m sure it’s even more difficult to believe, let alone do. Since we were tied to this place already, I bet it was easier for us this time around.”

“You’re not kidding. The wormhole didn’t make my head feel like it was going to explode this time. Instead, it just felt heavy.” Erin couldn’t fault what he said, but she still had a funny feeling. She had the impression Fallon would not make it to the ancient times. Erin wondered why Fallon hadn’t made it yet and might not make it at all. Was it because of a lack of faith or was it because of another reason?

Daniel and she stood in silence for a couple of minutes. She tried to wait and not go too crazy. Maybe she needed to take in her surroundings and see where they were. They were in a crowd, but which crowd and when? Were they still in the times of the Book of John or was it another time? She hoped it was John’s times, but who knew for sure at this point?

“Jesus, they’re out of wine.” Erin heard a woman’s voice and couldn’t help but notice how nice it was. The woman’s accent was beautiful and was almost musical. She wasn’t quiet, but was hardly loud.

Erin recognized they were smack dab in the middle of John Chapter 2 and Erin was delighted. It was precisely where she would want to be if she were given the choice so that she could relive all of it again and get more details this time, if it was possible.

When Erin was here before, observing this chapter, she was in the distance. She wasn’t up close and personal. She was this time around and it thrilled her when she realized this blessing. She saw Mary! The mother of Jesus. And heard her voice. The thought was befuddling.

Mary.

Jesus.

There He was again. Erin saw the Lord with her own eyes. But, it wasn’t only that. She saw the Lord interact with His own mother. Wow. What a blessing to witness.


By Stacy Duplease
of Stories by Stacy