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Mr. Robertson”, Maggie said playfully.
    “I’ll take my decision to the elders so that they know what the plan is. In the meantime, find the stylist down here that can make you look like a different woman. Her name is Janelle.”
    “You’ve got it babe. I’m so glad to be home”, said Maggie.
    “We aren’t home.”
    “I am. Home to me is wherever you are. I never feel safer than when I am with you.”
    John only hoped that he could live up to that ideal.
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    Noah, Joanna, and Ryan Vasquez all sat on the couch across from Javier Fernandez, waiting with the greatest sense of expectancy that they had ever felt, for what the truth about God was. It was the truth about everything.
    Javier began reading the account of creation. “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth…” The three of them listened intently to the first words that they had ever heard from the nearly extinct bible. After wrapping up with the fall of man through sin, Javier paused.
    “I just want to make sure that I am understanding this correctly so far”, said Noah. “God gave mankind dominion over the earth, and he relinquished it to the devil?”
    “That’s right”, said Javier.
    “Can’t God just take control over it again? What is His plan?” asked Joanna.
    “The plan…” Javier said smiling, “is that God came in the form of a man to regain control and give dominion back to mankind. Not just mankind, but those who have become His children through faith.”
    “Faith in what?” asked Noah.
    “Good question. Let me go to the rest of the story here and explain in short what God’s plan is. He flipped to John 1:1 and began to expound on the nature of God in the beginning and His ultimate plan and purpose for redemption of the human race.
    “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made…”
    As Javier continued to tell the story of Jesus and all that He did, it was evident on the family’s faces that they were getting it. “God had set the rules and He still played by His own rules then? He had to come here as a man because it was only a man who could gain back what Adam had lost?” asked Noah.
    “That’s correct. You’ve got it bro”, said Javier.
    “What do we do now?” asked Joanna. “I believe this to be the truth.”
    Javier grinned and said, “You are half way there already sister. There aren’t any works that you can do to earn your way into God’s good graces. That was already done when Jesus took your sins upon Himself to the cross and rose from the dead, showing that He was God and that death was defeated forever.”
    “So, we just have to believe it and it’s a done deal?” asked Noah.
    “Believe it in your heart and then confess what you believe with your mouth” said Javier. “Your words are powerful. More powerful than you know right now.”
    Noah had tears streaming down his face, completely in awe of the amazing love of God for His people. “I believe that Jesus is the Son of God and that He died for me so that I could be made perfect in the eyes of God. I believe that He was raised from the dead and defeated death to give us eternal life with Him…and I believe that He is going to come again to reign as King forever.”
    Joanna and Ryan confessed the same and the four of them embraced in the middle of the room. Tears flowed freely. Tears of joy and peace. They finally knew the truth that had so long eluded them. It was a treasure in a bleak world where nothing else seemed to make sense anymore. As they embraced, the entire apartment seemed to be permeated with a white light. They all pulled away and sat on the couch, shielding their eyes enough to see the figure in the middle of the light.
    Noah sunk to his knees and bowed low to the ground. “Are you God?” he asked.
    “I am not. Do not worship me or fear me. I am