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against her, so they pelted her with their miserable lies once again.
    The onslaught of unhappy upbraiding continued as they criticized her every movement. Yet she charged ahead with triumphant determination as her spirit awakened to the true purpose of her battle.
    As she tirelessly trudged forward through their disparaging barrage, she suddenly sensed the voice of her constant friend and treasured Guide break into her thoughts. And what He spoke into her spirit made her heart want to soar.
    Her precious Holy Spirit resonated in her spirit, “Beloved, you can fly!”
    “What?” she asked, as she stopped in her tracks. “I can fly?” she questioned Him.
    Suddenly the mist all around her began to clear and she felt something rise up deep inside her soul. She agreed, truly, she was destined to fly. So … she decided to try…
    The creatures continued to accuse her but even as their assaults continued, she made her attempt. At first she flew just a few feet above the ground with the demons following still, but even though she’d flown just a little, she realized she was, indeed, flying!
    Beloved was filled with joy. She knew now what her Guide had spoken was true. Yet the creatures tried in vain to turn her first attempt into a failure in her eyes. Boldly they mocked her, laughing hysterically with ridiculously overplayed emotion. She chuckled to herself and turned her gaze toward the sky again.
    Undoubtedly, she had been able to fly all along; she just hadn’t really understood whose she was and the giftings He had placed inside her. “Could that be what the creatures are afraid of?” she wondered.
    “Were they all terrified I would learn the truth about myself? Afraid I would discover that I could fly far away from them?” For truly, however powerful her enemies had been, there would be nothing to tie her to them now.
    “They all knew that someday I would, indeed, fly and they were petrified I would soar!”
    Once again she attempted to fly and this time, with little effort, she easily flew above them. However, she still continued to struggle in her endeavor to fly away out of their reach. As they continued to attack her, they screamed out accusations of fear and doubt, trying in desperation to recapture her attention with loathsome fear and self-hatred.
    “You cannot fly, girl!” They fanatically screeched out their accusations. “No! No! No! Truly – YOU CAN’TFLY, BELOVED!” They continued to mock her with open disdain, “Who do yoouu think you are,
gggirlll
? Yoouu are nothhinng … there’s something wrong with yoouu, ggirrlll.”
    In hearing their lies, Beloved felt herself beginning to slip down toward their reach. With each lie, she perceived a danger to her faith, and the distance she’d gained was threatened. A tremor of fear leaped at her heart, putting her closer toward their grasp.
    “I can’t go back!” Beloved screamed, “I won’t!”
    Then she heard Holy Spirit whisper softly His faith-building words, “But Beloved, you
are
flying.” At the sound of His beautiful voice she felt her heart lift again and fear was thrown back – it was true!
    “Yes! I am really flying! I’m doing what they told me I could not do!” With the power of His vital words, she couldn’t help but fly a bit higher.
    Beloved realized as long as she stayed safe, close to the ground, the creatures would not stop accusing her and she would continue to be in danger of heeding their lies. Again, her gentle Guide strengthened her heart, “Fly
higher
, Beloved.”
    A surge of faith filled her. “I
can
fly higher!”
    Beloved flew high above those forlorn creatures as a well-deserved smile spread across her face. Flyinghigher, out of their reach, she wanted to soar away from them. Breathing deeply, she closed her eyes and threw back her head. She surged upward toward the open sky. “I will soar!” she cried.
    High above the threat of her enemies, she left them far behind her. Trusting in the arms of the One who