It was both a miracle and the most humbling of honors. I wiped a tear away and saw that Colt was looking up at me strangely.
"Are there more Bibles?" I asked.
"Yup, a whole bunch of them plus some study guides."
I nodded and then asked, "Colt you are my husband and as my headship do I have your permission and blessing to share the word of God with the people of this inner world?"
He glanced down and then back up, "I'm not going to stand in your way honey. Do whatever you feel led to do and I'll support you. I'd like to start over with God myself."
I smiled down at him radiantly as eagerness filled me at the prospect of starting this new journey into faith with my husband by my side. He was the best mate ever!
"Will you stow this stuff away from the seawater for me please?"
He nodded quickly and I left him to walk off a ways to sit down with my back to a tree as I began to read the Bible once again. It was a life-affirming experience because as I read the Word it seemed to read into me in a way that I had never experienced before much less welcomed as I did now.
Time passed by, I'm not sure how much time, but I glanced up to see Colt standing there with a serious expression on his face. I closed the Bible in my lap and set it to the side as he handed me an unopened salt encrusted box.
I took it and read the address that was still legible. It was addressed to my parents!
Slowly I turned the box about in search of a return address. I found it.
This was the box filled with the damning evidence of my past sins! It had been on the same plane that I had been on in route to beg my parents for forgiveness.
They had never received it!
The box fell from my fingers and I leaped up to my feet screaming with a joy that was inexpressible. Colt continued my jump upwards towards the heavens by grasping my waist and lobbying me upward further. My eyes closed and in my heart of hearts I cried out brokenly to my Creator, "Thank you!"
Colt caught me as I fell back to Earth and I opened my teary eyes to behold him face-to-face. In a way I still couldn't believe it.
Overcome with emotion I said, "They never got it!"
His face was one big smile and incredibly I watched as his eyes grew moist as he stared into mine.