Tears of The Saints, script 1.

So to give you an idea behind the characters here are some simple Bios on them and what they are about for the first issue. There will be some people mentioned in the bios who will not make an appearance or be in this issue but it's okay, the second is already under works.

Noel Havoc- Serves as Gods Judge, and is given the ability to see the spiritual realm and interact with it. It is his job to deal justice to those seen fight within his eyes. He grew up in Father Gabriels orphanage with childhood friends Abel Hope, and Staci Lockheart. Taken under the wing of the Father after his father was killed Noel swore vengance on the Mob. After fleeing from working under the mob he joins the military and returns only to find almost everything he loves destroyed by the mob yet again but this time he takes action.

Abel Hope-  Was born with the ability to see and interact with the spiritual realm. As Noels best friend he is called to hold Noel accountable for his actions. More of reason then action Abel tends to try to avoid situations and solve them peacefully. After Noel left Abel left the orphanage. He used his gift to help people. The mob still pursued him so he changed his name to Nash Remington to avoid conflict, and learned professional boxing and martial arts from Russ Remington, who was forced to return due to his vulgar and drunk nature.

Russ Remington- Abels master and mentor. After Abel leaves the orphanage he was asked prior to take him under his guidance by Father Gabriel. Even though he was a professional boxer he was kicked out of the league for also using drunken style. He says he's not an addict but it's just his favorite way to fight. After training Abel they performed side jobs such as security or personal body guards as a source of income. Other then that much is not known about this drunken master.

Father Gabriel- Not much is known of Father Gabriels past except that he seems to have a connection with Augustonia the God Father of the Italian mob and he knew Noels father. He personal tends to and takes care of the orphanage in Omen city where he is literally willing to take in any child who needs help. He personally trains Noel and Gabriel as children to help them learn to fend for themselves while they are sent on tasks to help the mob when needed. He doesn't like the idea but it's his only way to help keep the mob from charging the orphanage for protection.

Cesar Augstonia the II.- God Father of the Italian mob. He uses his resources to exploit everything and everyone he is a tyrant, and a traitor. Back when the three mobs of Omen were at peace he rose up and took power slowly overthrowing the other mobs making a monopoly of crime and expanding his territory until he had full control of Omen. He knows Father Gabriel and Russ Remington on a personal level, but other then that not many know as to why.

Jason Rile- Originally the Irish mobs original hit-man, but was recruited by the Italian mob to work personally under Augstonia. He hates Augstonia and has a vendetta against the whole mob but only few know of it. He becomes possessed by Wrath and eventually becomes a host to it. He is an expert in marksmanship, had to hand combat, and light weapon handling.

Wrath #3 of the 7 Deadly sins- Wrath is a demonic entity who is one of the 7 deadly sins. He is able to attach himself to only one host, and once he does he starts to spiritually posses the host then moves to a physical transformation. Once the host is physically absorbed he gains full control of the body and can mold weapons out of exterior tissue. Also gains superhuman strength, speed, and stamina.

Side note- Once all the 7 Deadly sins have physical bodies they can gather together and open the gates to hell and unleash the apocalypse on earth.

(Also I know there is no Biblical accuracy to that. The point of this comic is to convey scripture and how it can be used as a weapon to fight back. So I'm just letting my imagination go with it but not run wild. In the later issues it will definitely show this. Okay tangent done)

Now that you have and idea of what is to come please read and enjoy. Or hate it. Or have mutual feelings? I dunno do as you please!

I present to you Tears of The Saints.

Tears of The Saints. 

Issue #1 Script. "The Calling."

Box 1. Stepping down a stone path up hill through Omen City

Box 2/3. Still stepping but slowly revealing Noel while he is thinking.

2. "It's been six years."

3. "Six long years since I left home."

Box 4. Pan on Noels face. "Now I'm finally back! I wonder how Father Gabriel is?"
Box 5. "Hope he hasn't had to much trouble while I was gone" Still walking
Box 6. Noel stops while looking down. "Oh well, I just can't wait to see all the new kids he's taken in and my friends."
Box 7. Noel smiles while his head is still down.
Box.8. Noel goes into a full sprint to reach the top and yells "HEY EVERYON-!"
Box 9. Zoomed in on his eye. "Oh my God...."
Box 10. Shows the orphanage burned down with Noel standing in front of the remaining gates.
Box 11. Noel falls to his knees and is teary eyed. "Why? Why did this happen???"
Box 12. Noel Screaming into the night.
Box 13. Title of the comic, picture of Noel leaning over while 3 figures approach slowly from behind.
Box 14. Figures get closer to Noel, he starts to slowly stand up.
Box 15. Guard 1 "Noel Havoc our boss would like to have a word with you."
Box 16. Noel stands with his back turned saying "Your boss can rot in HELL FOR ALL I CARE!"
Box 17.   Guards start surrounding Noel. Guard 2 "I'm sure our boss would beg to differ." Guard 3 "Your choice kid. You can try to run like before?"
Box 18. Shows guard 3 smirking "Or maybe this time be a man."
Box 19. Noel turns his head slightly and hears Guard 2 "This is going to be quick we promise."
Box 20. Noel rushes Guard 2.
Box 21. He throws a punch.
Box 22. Guard 2 barely dodges but gets hit with a knee to the gut.
Box. 23. Then gets round house kicked.
Box. 24. Guard 1 swings but misses.
Box 25. As Noel Dodges he gets hit Guard 3.
Box 26. Guard 1 grabs Noel and puts him into a hold.
Box 27. Guard 3 makes a clear hit to the face
Box 28. Noel getting pummeled.
Box 29. Guard 2 gets up "So you think you're tough kid?"
Box 30. Flicks his wrist and switch blade comes outs.
Box 31. Guard 2 smiling again "It's time to teach you some manners kid!"
Box 32. A quick flash.
Box 33. Guard 2 is ko'd and a person is stand there "Jerk, you didn't tell me you didn't even send me a postcard"
Box 34. Character turns and it's Abel Hope.
Box 35.Noel smiles while nodding his head.
Box.36. Noel throws Guard 1 while Abel ko's Guard 3.
Box 37. Abel turns towards Noel as he is kicking Guard 1 in the face.
Box 38.Abel "Follow me, I know a place where it's safe."
Box 39. Noel and Abel leaving.
Box 40. Noel turns his head one more time to look at the orphanage.
Box 41. They run into the shadows.
Box 42. Image of an old tattered building. Noel "What is this?"
Box 43. Abel starts walking inside "Home for now."
Box 44. Empty room with two wall candles on each side and one elevator in the middle. Noel "Won't it be easy to find us?"
Box 45. Abel walking towards to the candle on the far right "Nope"
Box 46. Abel pulls the candle down and a passageway opens.
Box 47. Abel "After you" as he extends his arm into the passageway.
Box 48. Shows a security room with monitors and has the caption "Abels Hide Out"
Box 49. Abel sitting "Come have a seat."
Box 50. Noel leaning against a wall "I'll stand but thanks. So how did you come across this place?"
Box 51. Abel starring towards Noel " Doesn't matter, what I want to know is where did you go?"
Box 52. Noel looks down silently. Abel "Noel! Where did you go!?"
Box 53. Noel still looking down. "I left town. Went to Rancid and joined the military. That's about it."
Box 54. Abel starring down. "So that's it huh? Well I know you're leaving out the other five years but I want to know one thing?"
Box 55. Noel looks up "And that is?"
Box 56. Abel turns his head towards him "Why didn't you tell anyone!?" Noel "I have my rea-" He gets cut off.
Box 57.Abel  shouting "NO YOU DON'T! Noel you never did! We all could of helped or Father Gabriel could of done something. Or at least lived..."
Box 58. Noels eyes tear up. "What? No. He isn't, You're lying!"
Box 59. Abel looking sadly at Noel "He died trying to save the orphanage."
Box 60. Abel looking down as a tear goes down his face. "The mob boss wanted you. He didn't say why, but he came to collect and you weren't around."

*Flash Back*

Box. 61. Father Gabriel standing in the front entrance. "Now I've told you before Noel is not here Cesar. Now please go before you do anything rash."
Box 62. Cesar looking in. "Now Now my dear father, I need a payment or at least to know where I can collect."
Box 63. Cesar puts his hand on Gabriels shoulder.
Box 64. Both are starring eye to eye from a side view. Gabriel "I'm sorry but he's gone." Cesar "Hmmmmmm."
Box 65. Gunshot.
Box 66. Father Gabriel falls to the ground.
Box 67. Cesar putting his hat on while putting the gun back in his coat "Burn it then leave. We're done with this trash."
Box 68. Guards walk in pouring gasoline onto the curtains and floor.
Box 69. Guard opens a lighter/ then tosses it to the ground.
Box 70. They all walk out.
Box 71. Pans to the top of the stairs and Abel stands up in horror.
Box 72. He runs down the stairs to Father Gabriels side.
Box 73. Abel is trying to lift Gabriel up "FATHER! FATHER IT'S OKAY! We can get you out in time!"
Box 74. Shows Gabriels face " Abel come closer. I need you to remember this."
Box 75. Abel leans in as the father is lying on the ground with the flames slowly growing closer. "When Noel returns. You must..... Show him the... Temple...."
Box 76. Abel teary eyed. "What temple father?"
Box 78. Explosion!

*Out of Flash Back*

Box 79. Room is shaking Noel "What the heck happened!?"
Box 80. Abel stands up "Hold on we'll check the security system"
Box 81. Camera showing men rushing into the front room.
Box 82. Abel "Looks like they breached the gate and are heading down to use the elevator."
Box. 83. Abel looks at Noel." The elevator will take them to a bunch of corridors that's like a maze. It should take them at least 20 mins to find this place." Noel "So what do we do now?"
Box 84. Abel walks over to a desk.
Box 85. He flips open a bible and pushes a button.
Box 86. Another passage opens.
Box 87. Abel looks at Noel " Get you to the orphanage."
Box 88. Noel " Are you serious? We need a place to stand our ground! Or at least hide."
Box 89. Boom! Abel " That sounded close."
Box 90. Abel grabs Noel " Just shut up and listen!"
Box 91. Abel throws Noel through the door.
Box.92. Sewer lid slowly opens in the middle of a alley.
Box 93. Noel standing up while patting his sleeve "You were always good at getting out of tight spots."
Box 94. Abel moves lid back "Haha I guess you're right, but we need to go!"
Box 95. Both start running towards the alleyway entrance.
Box 96. Two guards walk by to see them.
Box 97. Guard radioing in "Target sighted! Back west alleywa-"
Box 98. Bam! Noel punching guard while Abel kicks the other
Box 99. Both run out into the street only to be spotted by more guards.
Box 100. Guards swarm surrounding them.
Box 101. Noel and Abel standing surrounded by 30 guards. Abel " Why'd you have to piss him off! Now the whole cities looking for us!" Noel "I never said come and help me you moron so no complaining!"
Box 102. Old man laying in the gutter stands up behind one of the guards.
Box 103. He swings his bottle and hits the guard in front of him knocking him out.
Box 104. He raises the broken bottle to take a drink but sees that nothing is coming out.
Box 105. Drunk man tosses the bottle and says "So this is your friend Abe?"
Box 106. Noel turns around and looks confused.
Box 107. Abel " Yes master this is my friend Noel."
Box 108.  Drunk " Then get him to the orphanage! I can handle these sleese buckets no problem."
Box 109. Noel "Master?" Abel "I'll explain later but for now-"
Box 110. Drunk "HEY! Get going kiddies!"
Box 111. Abel " Right! Lets go Noel!"
box 112. Running away while drunk stands there.
Box 113. Drunk standing while smirking " Now remember ladies the names...."
Box 114. "Russ Remington" Pans into a close up of his face.
Box 115. Russ " Now lets get this party started!"
Box 116. Noel while running "So he looked after you?" Abel "Yeah pretty much"
Box 117. They turn a corner and there is the orphanage.
Box 118. Abel "Well here we are. Lets get inside quick"
Box 119. Inside the orphanage. Abel pointing "Go down that passageway till you hit a large door." Noel you mean fathers prayer room?"
Box 120. Abel "Exactly once you see the door it will have a seal on it. Solve it and then go inside."
Box 121. Noel "But only father could get in there."
Box 122. Abel looking serious "He said you'd figure it out now go!"
Box 123. Noel goes off to the right, Abel is turning around "Meet back at the front I need to grab some things I left here anyway."
Box 124. Back to Russ Remington. Guards are all on the ground ko'd as he is sitting on top of one trying to get a drop from the broken bottle again.
Box 125. The sound of footsteps slowly walking up from out of the dark.
Box 126. Reveals Jason Rile.
Box 127. Rile and Russ staring each other down.
Box 128. Rile is smirking and he takes off his glasses.
Box 129. Rile "It's been some time Remington, looks like the years have treated you poorly."
Box 130. Russ "My drink is empty, do you have anything to spare?"
Box 131. Rile Laughing "Hahaha! I have nothing for you old drunk, but I can arrange a grave for you to rest in."
Box 132. Russ stands "As spunky as ever huh boy? To bad your mob is six feet under."
Box 133. Rile shouts "Shut up!"
Box 134. Rile clinches his hand into a fist and it starts glowing black "Now eat your words old fool..."
Box 135. Riles body being consumed by darkness as his eyes glow red
Box 136. Russ standing looking extremely worried. "Holy cra-."

*Meanwhile*

Box.137. Abel running down a hall.
Box 138. He goes into a room on the left at the end of the hall.
Box 139. He walks over and opens a still remaining safe.
Box 140. First he pulls out a revolver in a holster.
Box 141. Second he pulls out a hat, and cloak.

*Flash Back*

Box 142. Abel Holding Father Gabriel.
Box 143. Pans to a corner angel of Abel holding Gabriel as he is saying " Abel, The temple is in the last hall on the south side of the orphanage, and the weapons Noel will need will be in a safe on the north."
Box 144. Gabriel coughs up blood, but proceeds to keep talking
Box.145. Abels face as he is crying, Gabriel still talking "This is not merely a mortal weapon but a spiritual one."
Box 146. "Before he receives it he shall be given the ability to see, the spiritual realm... Cough" Gabriel reaching for Abels hand.
Box 147. Abel asks "Like a spiritual realm? Like angels and demons?"
Box 148. Gabriel "Yes , and it will be your job to help guide him."
Box 149. Abel while still holding Gabriel says "I don't understand?" Father "In time you will.. coughs"
Box 150. Father Gabriel breathing heavier " Go find Remington, He will be able to train you, and teach you... to guard the temple..."
Box 151. Father Gabriel reaches up to hold Abels face. " He will help you come to realize how to be a true man of God,"
Box 152. Gabriels hand is slowly drifting away from Abels face and his hand print left in blood " And remember Abel, please forgive your older brother..... Forgive Ca---"

*Out of Flash Back*

Box 153. Abel standing there holding the items. "I need to get these to Noel."

Box 154. Noel Going down a dark stairwell

Box 155. He starts to see light and keeps going.

Box 156. Noel looking shocked at what he sees " Why have I never seen this before?"

Box 157. Noel walking past pillars with torches on them, with a large stone portal (as in a large magnificent castle looking  double door, not a space portal)

Box 158. Comes up to the door and sees there is a missing cross emblem in the center of it.

Box 159. Noel reaches into his shirt pulling out a necklace.

Box 160. Close up on the necklace in Noels hand, "What the? No way it couldn't be."

Box 161. Side view of Noel putting the necklace into it.

Box 162. Doors start to shake and slowly open, as a bright light emerges

Box 163. The doors full open and a shadowed figure is inside.

Box 164. Noel "Oh my Lord!"

Box 165. Noel falls to his knees

Box 166. An angel comes from the light, covered by six wings and holding a burning coal in his fingers.

Box 167. "NOEL!" The angel cries.

Box 168. The Angel asks "Who shall be given the right to see, Noel?" as he starts to slightly open his wings with more light emerging

Box 169. The Angel says " Noel please looks upon me for I am a messenger from the Lord." as the Angel lifts up his right hand

Box 170. "For I have come to give you the right of liberation" as the Angel is still reaching out

Box 171. Front view while Noel is still leaning forward. "To be a prophet for the Lord."

Box 172. Pans to Noels face looking down while still leaning over and the Angel says "You shall be deliverer of his wrath and to judge those who try to damn his redemption."

Box 173. The Angel raises his left hand with the coal "Noel rise and gaze upon me. For I must give you this gift."

Box 174. Pans back to Noels face looking towards the ground, tears start to flow from his eyes  as he says "For who am I to judge or be that who chooses to judge?"

Box 175. The Angel kneels down " For who's choice is it to be given the gift of choice? For the Lord has chosen to give you a gift and he shall guide you to use it."

Box 176. Noel feels the Angels hand reach down and gently hold his chin.

Box 177. Noel still looking down hears the Angel say "Trust in him..."

Box 178. Angel moves Noel face up to look at him.

Box 179. Noel opens his eyes and you can see a reflection of the Angel.

Box 180. The Angels face

Box 181. The Angel asks "Are you ready to receive?"

Box 182. Noel "...Yes"

Box 183. The Angel raises his hand with the coal

Box 184. He touches Noels left eye

Box 185. Then his right eye

Box 186. Noels face as his eyes start to crack.

Box 187. Pieces break and fall out.

Box 188. Noel looks and the Angel is gone along with the room being empty.

Box 189. Noel looks down and there is a tattered cloth on the ground where the Angel stood.

Box 190. He picks it up and ties it around his neck

Box 191. Noel stands up and turns his head with a smirk

*Back in the main hall*

Box 192. Abel is standing in the hall waiting

Box 193. Lights come piercing through old burned down walls and Abel is turning he hears "ABEL HOPE! WE KNOW YOU ARE AIDING A WANTED MAN INSIDE! COME OUT NOW!"

Box 194. Mega phone being held and you can only see the arm holding it and mouth talking " IF YOU DO NOT COMPLY WE WILL BE FORCED TO USE AGGRESSIVE ACTION!"

Box 195. Abel Walking towards door "And if I refuse?"

Box 196. Shows Jason Riles face grinning "Then you can say goodbye to Mr. Remington"

Box 197. A shocked look on Abels face

Box 198. Abel sets the cloak, hat, and gun down in the middle of the hall.

Box 199. He walks out the doorway.

Box 200. He sees Remington beat to a pulp with two men holding him up while one has a gun to his head.

Box 201. He looks to the left and Rile is standing there with a few more men.

Box 202. Rile raises his right hand to halt the other men "Hold on boys, this trash is mine!"

Box 203. Abel smiling "Shall we?

Box 204. He raises his arm crossed like an x and presses a button and one arm band on each arm falls off.

Box 205. Rile rushes at Abel.

Box 206. Rile punches Abel from a back view of over Abels shoulder.

Box 207. From a side view showing Abel caught the punch in his hand.

Box 208. Abel smirks and knees Rile

Box 209. Then grabs Rile

Box 210. Abels kicks Rile into the air

Box 211. Shows him being kicked again but this time from a birds eye view

Box 212. Abel looking up

Box 213. Rile looking down towards him smiling.

Box 214. He grabs Abel by the head and starts spinning

Box 215. Is in the air and is still spinning faster

Box 216. Throws Abel spinning violently towards a broken wall.

Box 217. As Rile lands Abel hits the wall.

Box 218. Abel jumps up

Box 219. Abel charges towards Rile 

Box 220. He throws a punch but misses as Rile steps back to the right

Box 221. He kicks towards Rile but misses

Box 222. Rile jumps over Abel

Box 223. As soon as Rile lands Abel throws his elbow and and hits Rile in the chest.

Box 224. Then Abel makes a fist and throws it backwards directly hitting Rile in the face and knocking him back.

Box 225. Rile goes rolling back onto the ground

Box 226. Rile laying on the ground with a bloody face and broken glasses.

Box 227. Rile sits up laughing as Abel is turning around.

Box 228. Rile standing as he is wiping the blood from his face "I know those moves anywhere!"

Box 229. He leans over and pats his pants as Abel is standing there watching him "So you're more then the boss warned me about. Little Abel all grown up, and raised by the drunkard idiot"

Box 230. Rile looking serious "At least he taught you well."

Box 231. Abel staring down Rile

Box 232. Rile raises his arms up as if confused "Well looks like all good fun must come to an end...."

Box 233. He grabs his face and smirks

Box 234. Abel takes a step back as the ground starts move as Rile is standing there

Box 235.Rile still holding his face but you can see his eyes glowing between his fingers and his body is being submerged in darkness "Now watch Remington as I destroy your work!"

Box 236. Bursts at Abel in super speed

Box 237. Abel looks startled at the transformation

Box 238. Rile in front of him with half his face taken over and his arms transformed.

Box 239. Abel standing in front of Rile "You've been possessed!"

Box 240. Rile punches Abel in the stomach

Box 241. Abel standing there as Riles fist is still in his stomach

Box 242. An aftershock goes hitting Abel a second time and he screams

Box 243. Abel is skidding and bouncing across the yard

Box 244. Abel catches himself

Box 245. As he looks up Rile is already standing above him.

Box 246. Rile grinning "I'm not even-"

Box 247. Rile raising his leg back "WARMED UP!"

Box 248. He kicks Abel into the air

Box 250. Abel spitting up blood

Box 251. As Abel is in the air Rile jumps up.

Box 251. Rile heal drops Abel on the back of the head sending him flying down towards the ground

Box 251. Abel hits the ground and bounces into the front entrance of the orphanage smashing parts of it around him.

Box 252. Smoke is around the entry way

Box 253. Rile lands and is laughing with the demon sticking out of his back

Box 254. Two gun shots are fired out of the smoke

Box 255. One hits the demon in the chest the other hits Rile in his upper left arm.

Box 256. Smoke starts to clear

Box 257. While smoke is clearing it shows Noel and Abel.

Box 258. Abel is being held in Noels left arm as he is kneeling and the gun is pointed with his right at Rile

Box 259. Smoke clears away from the revolver tip

Box 260. Rile looks shocked

Box 261. Shows to tip of the revolver and it is a skull

Box 262. Rile screams "I know that gun!"

Box 263. Rile pointing at Noel "Where did you get that!?"

Box 264. Noel looking at Abel asks "You okay?"

Box 265. Abel coughs up some blood then says "Never better, see you got your things."

Box 266. Noel nods

Box 267. Noel turns his head looking towards Rile

Box 268. He helps Abel lean against some rumble

Box 269. He stands up staring at Rile

Box 270. Noel pushes his cloak back pulling out his gun "It's time to put you to rest."

Box 271. Rile growls

Box 272. Both rush each other.

Box 273. Rile punches but Noel dodges

Box 274. Noel grabs Riles left arm

Box 275. Throws him over his shoulder

Box 276. Aims his revolver at his upper right arm and shoots Rile.

Box 277. Rile grabs Noels leg 

Box 278. Rile Throws him towards a wall

Box 279. Noel kicks the wall and lands on the ground.

Box 280. Rile rushes at Noel

Box 281. Noel spin kicks knocking Rile backwards

Box 282.Shoots Rile in both of his lower arms

Box 283. Then He shoots Rile through the chest.

Box 284. Rile falls to his knees screaming

Box 285. Rile staring at Noel saying " You wont stop me! You can't stop me!"

Box 286. Noel shoots Rile through the leg

Box 287. Noel standing there staring down as Rile rests on one knee."You lost this fight."

Box 288. Rile starts to scream while kneeling

Box 290. A close up of all the bullet wounds starting to heal

Box 291. The seal on the demon starts to disintegrate

Box 292. Noel takes off his glasses showing his eyes glowing

Box 293. He looks up at the demon and raises his revolver.

Box 294. Rile Screams "It's pointless!" You've already used up all six shots!"

Box 295. Noel looks down at Rile and says "and God completeth by the seventh day His work which He hath made, and ceaseth by the seventh day from all His work which He hath made."

Box 296. Noel looks up at the demon "And the seventh shall put you to rest!"

Box 298. A loud echoing gun shot.

Box 299. Shows the demon vanishing as he bullet goes through its head.

Box 300. Rile screaming out in pain

Box 301. Rile falls to the floor as the demon fully vanishes

Box 302. Rile laying on the ground as blood starts to slowly seep out around him.

Box 303. Riles men run up grabbing Rile

Box 304. Tires peeling out as the retreat with Rile.

Box 305. Whole page. Noel standing as his cloak sways while he is holding his revolver and his hat casts a shadow over his eyes were you see one glare from his glasses and his other eye glowing.

Box 306. Abel walking towards Noel.

Box 308. Abel and Noel standing next to each other Abel says "So you just joined the military?"

Box 309. Noel looks at Abel "We'll talk."

Box 310. Both looking forward from a side view Noel says "We should take care of him first."

Box 311. Remington laying on the ground still partially bleeding 

Box 312. Both of them are picking him up

Box 313. Both are holding him up by his shoulders Abel says "I know a place we can take him. They'll patch him up real good."

Box 314. All three walking away ,Noel "Okay lets take him there."

Box 315. Walking away in the horizon

Box 316. Rattling of chains

Box 317. Mysterious man shrouded in a cloak with chains wrapped around him.

Box 316. He walks over to the rubble of the orphanage.

Box 318. He smells the air

Box 319. He looks down with one eye glowing

Box 320. He leans over and touches some blood on the ground

Box 321. He raises his hand and licks it off his fingers

Box 322. A large grin goes across his face

Box 323. As the figure starts walking into the shadows "Looks like I found you baby Brother"

Box 324. Smiling wile fading into darkness "And I want to play with you and your friends!"

Box 325. Highlighted chains with glowing eyes and a large grin surrounded by black.

To Be Continued.

Hope you enjoyed it! I'd love to hear feedback thoughts and any questions!

 

Forgiveness of the Unconditional.

“In a word, live together in the forgiveness of your sins, for without it no human fellowship, least of all a marriage, can survive. Don’t insist on your rights, don’t blame each other, don’t judge or condemn each other, don’t find fault with each other, but accept each other as you are, and forgive each other every day from the bottom of your hearts…”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer

As I read this I can't help but fathom the truth behind these words.

In a world that is already corrupt and filled with the hurt and hatred held onto by so many why is it that some people can not choose to forgive, and when I saw forgive I do not mean only the other who has done the wrong to them, but to forgive themselves for any self inflicted pains whether it be spiritual, emotional, mental, or physical.

 As it says in Luke 24:45-49

⁴⁵ Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, ⁴⁶ and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, ⁴⁷ and that repentance and^[c] forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. ⁴⁸ You are witnesses of these things. ⁴⁹ And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you.
One can not merely live in the ways of seclusion and self hurt because the heart was never intended to be held together through bitterness.When Christ returned to his disciples he clearly states that forgiveness of sins among all the nations needs to be told, so that the promise of Gods love may be true, and Gods love is unconditional so within that how can one truly let them hate their self? God clearly shows that we are his regardless of what we have done or how we feel about it. He is calling us to him, and in that calling there is forgiveness that comes from a love which is truly incomprehensible.

in 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 and 7:22-24

English Standard Version (ESV)

¹⁹ Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, ²⁰ for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

 English Standard Version (ESV)
²² For he who was called in the Lord as a bondservant is a freedman of the Lord. Likewise he who was free when called is a bondservant of Christ. ²³ You were bought with a price; do not become bondservants of men. ²⁴ So, brothers,in whatever condition each was called, there let him remain with God.

So now one must ask?
The quote from before how does it apply to this? 
Yes it talks about forgiveness of one another, and even references to marriage as an example so why talk about the forgiveness of ones self first?

The answers rather simple actually.
For if one denies their own spiritual worth? Then how can they value anothers? 
  
For in the unconditional love and mercy of God we are called to be his bride. 

You can see countless times in scriptures as to where all believers are mentioned as one body, and that one body is referred to as the Bride of Christ.

And if the bride is solely focusing on all her imperfections how can she truly notice the absolute worth she has in the eyes of her beloved? With imperfections and all he still loves her?
He has not turned her down or told her to be cast aside.
He says I love you regardless of what you see, because you are mine to love.
He has even already laid down his life for the sake of his love because that is the worth in which we have.

Recently I was seeing this girl (I'm not gonna say any names out of respect and she'll kill me if she ever reads this jk but I'd rather not upset her)

She was OUTSTANDING! She went to church, believed in God, her personality was outgoing, she was not afraid to be herself, she would be blunt (sometimes it'd be good other times bad), she was real, she was passionate, artistic, funny, charming, caring, beautiful not only on the inside but the outside as well, her eyes would make me melt inside, all the lovey dubby stuff, but she also had a past.

Now like most people including myself ones past can truly affect on how one see's their own worth, and for her we can just say she couldn't see amazing woman who I had found, and it broke my heart.

So constantly the relationship went from being great, to not so great, and it  would jump back and forth so much. It was literally mentally, emotionally, and spiritually exhausting.

and I found myself constantly wanting to run away, Just not deal with it, just to say no this is enough you're not worth it. Yet every time one of those thoughts in my head would come, God would say, "Tommy look with my eyes, and how does God see his bride? Faultless."

So I'd stay, knowing that this is not something that I could handle, but something that felt more like God needed me to do and show me that I have to solely rely on him. Surely he could hold me up.Because I knew that with God as my guide and being lead by a love truly like his would be the only way I could actually and hope to show this girl on just how amazing she truly was, and how much I actually cared for her.

And it was interesting because she would pull out all the stops on what was wrong with her, or say why things would just not work, but I would look with Gods eyes and tell her that it doesn't matter because that is not how God sees her, and that God loves her so much more then she could fathom, and slowly but surely I started to see a change. Now this change was not me at all, but it was the power and the word of Gods true unconditional love and it was a blessing to be able to see that first hand.

Sadly though as much as I'd like to say this story has a happy ending and she beleieved in herself again then we got married and all that other stuff we parted ways, and I find myself thinking about her constantly. I just really hope that she was able to forgive herself after trying to show her how much she is truly worth.

Now my point to my story is this, in showing forgiveness, in all the times to where I could of run for the wrongs done that since I didn't God was able to use that to show his true love and mercy to a person, and granted I was blessed to be used as a tool to do that (even though I didn't really get to see that at first) but through that forgiveness I know that God was capable of reaching out to her. Now if only the world could look with Gods eyes.
If it could truly see and be able to forgive for all the wrongs.
what would it truly look like?

Gods Blessing.
-Tommy B.

Confessions of a Skeleton.

This is a three part blog mini poetry series that I am going to be writing about.

The first of these is called "Confessions of a Skeleton." and it is referring to my past and how I wasn't able to let go of a relationship that obviously wasn't healthy for me emotionally, physically, and spiritually. It eventually ended up in God showing me through friends and his word that clearly time showing me what was more to come with life and how I am to use what I learned to help others.

Hope you enjoy.

Confessions of a Skeleton.

It's 3am and I'm staring up at the ceiling fan

                      recollecting the patterns of my life as it spins in the never ending cycle

     just waiting for the chord to be pulled so that maybe

                                                                   it could just take a break.

The fabrications of reality slowly surround me,               

strangling me and straining my mind as the                 

"What ifs"                           

 "How come?"             

         "Where did it go wrong?"                                        

and, "Is it really just because?"             

      

You see I understand slowly but these memories still hold me yet as the skeleton in my closet has lost its grip

I just can't let go.

I. Just. Can't. Let. Go.

It's ironic you see because I see you in me, and that skeleton you're holding was my life! And I embraced it with no shame!

                     IT WAS MINE! AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL! Though... It slowly decayed in my arms leaving only the toxins for me to breathe.

Yet I'd never let go and indulge in my rotting.

Just leave me be because I just can't let go.

SO in my QUEST to GIVE IT LIFE I'd fill my heart up with LUST hoping the women naked I'd see would give my SKELETON FLESH!

I would SCREAM OUT IN ANGER hoping my WORDS could fill it's LUNGS so we could indulge in each others miseries!

And I'd HOLD ONTO FAILURES to give it EYES TO SEE ME in my SUFFERING!

AND I'D TEAR MY OWN HEART OUT OF MY CHEST! SO MAYBE JUST MAYBE FOR A BRIEF MOMENT! IT WILL COME TO LIFE!

and feel the love for me.... Just like how it used to be.

But in the end it doesn't.

SO I CRY OUT! In frustration for this tribulation is just to much to bear and I scream "WHY AREN'T YOU HERE! YOU SAID YOU'D NEVER LEAVE ME BUT WHY AREN'T YOU HERE!" 

You said "Always and forever, babe you're my one and only." 

but with the blink of an eye you were gone,

and the only thing I could feel

was the cold embrace of isolation as it wrapped neglect and depression around my neck

as it dragged me to the floor.

I see you in me. I see you in me.

So as the years pass by I feel my life has been done, a successful relationship can never be won, and I embrace the fact as I'm ready to jump off that ledge.

What is there for a broken man to give

but a story of sorrow and a dead and broken heart?

"I am the man of sorrows" 

It's ringing in my ears.

"I am the man of sorrows"

and the ringing is a whisper that I faintly hear.

"I AM THE MAN OF SORROWS!"

It's screaming right in front of me and what I see is a man with nailed scared hands reaching out for me.

My beloved he says! I have a purpose for you!

My Beloved he says! Just let me hold you!

MY BELOVED! He cries out as the blood drips from his reaching finger tips

I LOVE YOU!

 please come back to me!

Just drop your skeleton it's the only thing between you and me.

But this skeleton is all I am! It's my emotions, my heart, my soul I cry!

as the warmth from my tears are the only thing I've felt that made me feel real

and what I have done is manifested a demon damned who is the shadow and an abomination to the man I used to be!

How!? How is it that you could possibly tell me that there is love for me?

The warmth from his eyes and the words he says ensnare my demons with wisdom and truth he says to me.

"Just have faith my son, I got you on this."

So another year passes by and I'm walking around and low and behold a girl comes around.

Still scared and afraid I keep my distance until she tells me she wants no serious business.

So FORGIVE ME I'M SHALLOW but ENTICED by CURIOSITY and knowing that this is what it will only be.....

I partake.

Not knowing what would happen to me.

SHE WAS SCARED JUST LIKE ME! and the hurt made her BEAUTIFUL only something so REAL that I couldn't get enough of her!

So we'd talk and spend time getting to know one another only to realize that we weren't just afraid of each other

but that her skeleton was created in a image just like me!

But I couldn't tell her nope. 

I had to be strong

but my skeleton came back 

assaulting me with haunting memories

and the simple little things that made it oh so real.

She would call me a NERD! JUST LIKE HER!

Hit me on the chest! JUST LIKE HER!

make fun of my bad humor! JUST LIKE HER!

how she'd hold onto me! JUST LIKE HER!

she would kiss me! JUST LIKE HER!

she'd feel safe! JUST LIKE HER!

and she would stare into my eyes and smile!

Just. Like. Her.

But then he whispers in my ear. But she wasn't that girl.

She is NOT that GIRL.

So I throw my skeleton aside and I told her She's Beautiful.

I'd throw my pain away because she was amazing.

I'd slay my insecurities because this is how much you mean to me!

You're Beautiful on the inside and out, and YOU ARE WORTH SO MUCH MORE.

I Love you.

Yet she'd just turn her head away and though I'd say anything to reassure her worth

she'd just look at me teary eyed and replied 

"I'm the worst"

"I live for satisfaction and I care for no one! Yet you tell me I'm beautiful?

I've destroyed what I Love for my own desires!

But you'll say I'm amazing. Burkhardt this isn't a joke.

I WILL DESTROY YOU! she says.

Just leave me alone to hold my skeleton,

I'd be better off alone.

And I feel those warm tears rolling down my face showing me that the fabrication of reality is not a dream or escaped moment of haze 

but this is the current pain I feel.

and I recognize the spinning cycle thinking that my cord would of been finally pulled isn't going to happen and I'll just have to keep spinning.

But I know what I need to do.

You're BEAUTIFUL and I'll LOVE you no matter what.

I've been to your hell and back

and I've been where you are and I couldn't get home.

This is my confession of a skeleton.

That I just couldn't let go.

and know please know just know it all with these words.

I'll Love you regardless because of the whispers I heard.

Just let go of the skeleton and I promise.

God will make you whole,

you just have to let go.

You have to let go.

devastation and destruction

I've had enough!!!
The torment of playing this game!
(A roulette on my soul)

Radicated aversion
is all I've come to see!!!

Don't you remember me!?
In a Time where I was not stained
(Your Bloods on my hands)

I am, I am so sorry!

You're beautiful! So Beautiful!!!!

lying in a bed of crimson; As I drove the spear through your side!!!

What have I become?
tell me?
WHAT HAVE I BECOME!?!?

They've flung me into the pit!
stone by stone! Is cast upon me!
the water! floods over my head!
AM I LOST?!

I called on your name in the depths of the pit!
you came near! you came near and held me close!
you said "Do! Not! Fear!"

With a high hand I ignored your law!
Yet you hear my plea?

It began with a kiss, and it turned to so much more!

How? Can I live with myself?
knowing I'm a man who lost his word?
How? Can I live with myself?
knowing I ignored your word!

with action bears consequence
this is the reaping of what I've sewn!

though I still cry out!
you hold onto me!
as I'm screaming out!
you hold onto me!

still promising me.

DO. NOT. FEAR. x6

A great quote once said, "It's so hard to be objective when your reason is defective"

It's truly sad when the church is divided amongst itself, and the world only see's Jesus Christ as a thing to hide behind or a fictional character. Lately I have been wonder alot about being a "Christian" per say. Now I am not trying to say being a Christian sucks now, or that I am one of those guys who wants to ditch the title of a Christian and just be a Jesus Follower, but I don't want to just be a Christian, "I WANT TO BE A CHRISTIAN"

Jesus had and lived a life style unto which was completely BOLD for God and showed what he was truly about while still showing the true LOVE of what God is as well. He stood directly in the middle of the line and walked it and showed the narrow road which we all had lost along the way and yet I can not help but feel that as Christians we have this great message still and can convey it in as many different ways as possible but with out the true Bold Love that Christ had I can not help but think that it is squandered away lost in a way that can not be touched because in one hand, we want to say God says this you are wrong, and in the other Jesus said love and that is that.

When God made a Covenant with the Israelites he always had two parts. the first part was always pretty simple, follow me and I will bless you and help make life good even when the bad comes around. With the other, If you choose to not follow me I will have to punish you because because you agreed to be with me. So it is pretty obvious what is to go on. Yet the true purpose of this was to assure and confirm are love for God it was not for God to just say hey I will only love you or only hate you. Although somewhere along the lines we lost sight of that, and have come to the ultimate conclusion(since we can comprehend God now cuz we're sooooooo smart xp) that he is only one or the other not both, and if he can't be both because we said so and are able to make are own "God in a box"

So how can we walk this line? How can we follow in the foot steps of the perfect Rabbi? What is it that we are to do when all we know how to do is try?

In my honest opinion I think it is Love with the Passion that God had. Not only in this passion was it with God, but it was shown through God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit as well.

God Continues to Love us regardless of how we can hold up on our own, as long as we walk with him we will be shown what we really need to do to be a CHRISTIAN.

A perfect example of this in my opinion is Jesus at the well.
We all know the story, Jesus Goes to the well and the woman at the well fetches him some water. They start having a chat.(Note that this is like rule number one and two broken because she is a woman highly looked down on in this culture and two she was a Samarian and if you were a Jew like Jesus was you're not supposed to talk to them) then the conversation takes an interesting turn. lets read it shall we?

John 4:2-42

¹⁵ The woman *said to Him, “^[c]Sir, give me this water, so I will not be thirsty nor come all the way here to draw.” ¹⁶ He *said to her, “Go, call your husband and come here.” ¹⁷ The woman answered and said, “I have no husband.” Jesus *said to her, “You have correctly said, ‘I have no husband’; ¹⁸ for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; this you have said truly.” ¹⁹ The woman *said to Him, “^[d]Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet. ²⁰ Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you people say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.” ²¹ Jesus *said to her, “Woman, believe Me, an hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. ²² You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. ²³ But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers. ²⁴ God is ^[e]spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” ²⁵ The woman *said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming (He who is called Christ); when that One comes, He will declare all things to us.” ²⁶ Jesus *said to her, “I who speak to you am He.”

I think right in 23 is where it nails it on the head, no bible pun intended, but he states "the hour is coming and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the father in spirit and truth; for such people the father seeks to be his worshipers"

What is the truth? Gods Covenant.

How can we follow it? in spirit and in truth.

it seems almost sooooo easy!!!! but yet the truth we divide and split lines. the spirit we squander and hide away only wanting to what we like about it and the rest we hide for our own desires.

It is heart breaking to me to know that we all do this. We all fall short, even I do(not saying i'm super holy or something just to clear that up now. just a regular guy who likes the Bible and Jesus.... Alot....) but instead of seeking the truth or the calling in which we feel from the spirit we try to run another way and we try to pass it off as if it was nothing.

Why?

Where are these worshipers that God so desires? Where are the one who want to walk in the spirit and the truth? why is it that we are so afraid of not only God but ourselves that we choose to let the pettiest things cause a division among us so big that it leaves the devil with a grin across his face.

In Jeremiah 6:16 it says

¹⁶ Thus says the LORD,
“Stand by the ways and see and ask for the ancient paths,
Where the good way is, and walk in it;
And you will find rest for your souls.
But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

It clearly says Stand and watch and ask for the ancient paths and with God we can find rest for our souls. That we can walk in the good way, and that The Lord has said too.

So now I ask. Can we all look for this ancient path? Can we all have the truth and the spirit be with us and in us so that we can have our God look upon us and say" You, you are my CHILD, you are my CREATION, you walked in my SPIRIT, you are my CHRISTIAN. you are my TRUTH"

thanks for reading and Gods Blessings.

Tommy Burkhardt.

I am the Foreigner, For I am not of my own

Ezekiel 28

A Prophecy Against the King of Tyre

1 The word of the LORD came to me: 2 “Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says:

“‘In the pride of your heart you say, “I am a god; I sit on the throne of a god in the heart of the seas.” But you are a mere mortal and not a god, though you think you are as wise as a god. 3 Are you wiser than Daniel[a]? Is no secret hidden from you? 4 By your wisdom and understanding you have gained wealth for yourself and amassed gold and silver in your treasuries. 5 By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, and because of your wealth your heart has grown proud.

6 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says:

“‘Because you think you are wise, as wise as a god, 7 I am going to bring foreigners against you, the most ruthless of nations; they will draw their swords against your beauty and wisdom and pierce your shining splendor. 8 They will bring you down to the pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the seas. 9 Will you then say, “I am a god,” in the presence of those who kill you? You will be but a mortal, not a god, in the hands of those who slay you. 10 You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hands of foreigners.

I have spoken, declares the Sovereign LORD.’”

This scripture has inspired me to write, normally i would say it is like a song or simple idea but this time it is writing with a full fledged reason, and a just anger, and righteous furry because I am so irritated with the fact that we simply sit by and get stepped on by Satan (yes the devil) and just wait to see something happen. It is Time to take action for the war of are souls is a battle to be fought everyday.

"I am the Foreigner, For I am not of my own."

I refuse, for this willingness to let the uprising come of a dark agenda.

King of Trye, my eyes are aimed towards you

Abaddon, Your destruction shall be overwhelmed

Serpent of Old, my fathers blade shall overcome you!

For I am the hands and feet, the weapon for Gods cause

I am the chosen of the almighty, the hands he has prepared for war

The fingers made ready for battle

Corrected, Trained, Rebuked, and lifted through righteousness

My heart burns with justice towards you!

For I see the eyes of lion, stalking after the lords sheep,

I feel the fangs of the beast, as it digs into my inner being trying to tear me down

As i slowly bleed you watch, waiting for me to fall

waiting to claim victory, for tormenting one more soul

But I refuse, For the Lord is my strength

I refuse For my God has bleed out mercy

I refuse, For I am not my own

But the Foreigner in a land placed by God

Sent in to face a war beyond just flesh and blood

I am the presence in which you feared

I am soul overtaken by love

who refuses to foolishly ignore your works.

As the power of darkness dressed as the angel of light

I have seen through you Deceiver

Behold as I hold My LORDS Blade high

and Come to tear you off your throne

Behold as I will Shred through your beauty and wisdom

As MY GODS TRUTH pierces your false splendor

Here to deliver a holy war, I have been sent

I am the Foreigner, For I am not of my own

But a child of God.

Today was a good day or more of yesterday?

So I wanted to write this the other night but I was pretty dang tired so I kinda fell asleep while doing it so now that I am up I shall finish what I started!

For being sick and having my day start out pretty bland it ended up getting much better. I woke to no one else in the house being up so I was bored and watched some anime because that's how I roll when I'm bored haha but yeah so I watched anime for a next two hours and slowly felt my life being wasted away so I wanted to start to do some things around the house, only to the avail of my mom waking up and coming down stairs so I stopped.

Later my mom made her awesome french toast and I had two slices which were awesome and then the show maneaters started showing on the t.v. and it was on GREAT WHITE SHARKS!!! probably my number one favorite killing machine that scares me to death to even think about getting in the water when they're in it haha but that's just from to much shark week and studying

anywhoo after chuck came over for are ever tuesday pilgrimage to Bj's to go eat some nice flat bread pizza and see are favorite waitress Ann Marie (AKA Dr. Pepper Girl) so we went and didn't see her so we sat in another area only to see that she was there. After a few of our random encounters of her saying hey and us asking where is are dr. pepper it was getting towards the end of the meal.

Now as most people know I have just gotten out of a pretty Eh relationship and I feel as if I need to start dating again but not in a serious matter more of just a date to date have some fun and see if it happens again. So in doing so before we left I decided that I was going to give Dr Pepper Girl my number and see how it goes, and on top of that chuck had to call me out saying I didn't have the balls to do it. So there was my positive and negative motivations to back me.

So when I flirt I guess I try to be clever or just cheesy? I don't really know haha but I had received a gift card for bj's for CHRISTmas so in the little holder that it came with it fold open and closes. So on the outside of the holder I crossed out my name and put to: dr pepper girl (ann marie) and on the inside I put my name and number and below it I put " one free trip to el taco and a dr pepper, merry xmas"

So now with my oh so perfect set up before we left I went over and told her here this is for you and said if she would like to hang out she gets one free trip to el taco and a dr pepper and that if she doesn't want too no hard feelings I'll still be coming around. She laughed and said okay awesome and she opened up the card and saw that I actually put those things and my number. So I don't know if that is good or bad but either way I DID IT!!! and it felt good haha :)

I don't know why but it just feels nice to have fun and be me and not have any restrictions to me being me. Also it's nice to just go out there and not worry whether or not the person is going to entirely reject you. if they dont call they dont call if they do they do but either way it's still just enjoyable haha

so that is the tale of dr pepper girl and we will see if it goes anywhere or not.

OTHER THAN THAT! I had some good ol guy time with cory and stephen pate. Got some coffee and talked at starbucks for almost 3 hours coming up with ideas for the kids because that's what we do.... in 3D!!! (inside joke but we love william wood and his 3D movie references) but we have come up with lots of ideas and I can't wait till we get to tell the other leaders about it. I really think they are good!!!

Along with that we watched the latest resident evil movie not in 3D though it was not as bad as the last one or the first. either way it was just eh but it was enjoyable mocking it and hanging out because it's rare too do these days. Also for later on in the evening myself and Cory ventured over to Paddys house and messed around on the halo game where it consisted of cory trying to kill me because I was stealing his golf balls and I don't know why but it was very enjoyable.

So overall the day and night was good and I am pretty content with how it went. So there is my tale haha

i'm out