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    Josiah Justice: Living out Loud
    Josiah Justice: Living out Loud
    Josiah Justice: Living out Loud
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    Josiah Justice: Living out Loud

    By J.R. Higgins

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    Josiah Justice is an everyday lukewarm kid whose world is absolutely turned upside down when he comes face to face with the highest power of the universe. The Christian walk takes on a whole new meaning when the Master entrusts various supernatural powers to the young boy. Armed with nothing but faith, Josiah enters an unseen spiritual realm of angels, demons, miracles, and warfare. Readers embark on an incredible spiritual journey as they live out the adventures of Josiah and the uniquely gifted team over which he is given charge. Transported through time and space via an invisible elevator, Josiah wages war on evil, restores justice, learns Bible history, builds Christian character, and cultivates an intimate relationship with his Creator. Fiction and truth collide, teaching young and old that they have a God-given purpose on this earth and an abundance of genuine God-given power with which to fulfill their destiny.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJ.R. Higgins
    Release dateJan 7, 2012
    ISBN9781465743213
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      Josiah Justice - J.R. Higgins

      Josiah Justice: Living out Loud

      J.R. Higgins

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright © 2012 by J.R. Higgins

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Table of Contents

      • How it All Began (A long story made short!)

      • Chapter 1: Kodesh

      • Chapter 2: Seeing Things

      • Chapter 3: Joy

      • Chapter 4: Armor

      • Chapter 5: Jesus was a Jew?

      • Chapter 6: Covenant

      • Chapter 7: My Upper Room

      • Chapter 8: Miracle Before My Eyes

      • Chapter 9: Healing With Laughter

      • Chapter 10: Treasure Hunting

      • Chapter 11: Crushed and Broken

      • Meet Josiah Justice

      How it All Began

      (A long story made short!)

      I’m just your average everyday kid – or at least I used to be. My name, Josiah, actually means Fire of the Lord. There was a great king Josiah in history who took the throne at only eight years of age. You can read all about him in the Bible. When I was little, my mom always secretly believed that something special would happen when I turned eight years old, too. Boy was she shocked when it really did!

      Actually, things started getting pretty freaky back in first grade when I was only seven years old. School was not going so well. A lot of the teachers considered me to be a discipline problem. In my opinion, this was due to one tiny character flaw on my part. Justice. It’s something I can’t seem to live without. No matter how hard I try to mind my own business, I simply can’t keep my mouth shut when someone is suffering an injustice – especially if that someone is me! I’ll stand up to anyone or anything in order to bring about the justice I so desperately crave. Obviously, bucking those in authority over me causes quite a bit of conflict. It didn’t take long for my teachers to grace me with the nickname Josiah Justice. Because I was always in and out of the principal’s office for righting wrongs that really weren’t even my business, the name stuck pretty hard.

      I was beginning to experience some strange things. I tried to keep them to myself, but one day I accidentally slipped and mentioned to my teacher, Mrs. Cooper, that I felt as if I were in an elevator. Mrs. Cooper was pretty concerned about me since we were in a school, in a classroom, and there was absolutely no sign of an elevator anywhere. To make matters worse, I told her that the elevator was actually invisible but I was definitely in it. Well, you guessed it! Note home. I don’t know which news was more shocking – my parents finding out that their child just might be nuts-o or me finding out that no one else in the world feels like they are on an elevator!

      My parents had lots of questions about the elevator. Was anyone on it with me? Was I on it all the time? Where was it going? I answered the best I could. It was all so confusing – I really didn’t know what was going on. Things cooled off in time. Mom and Dad stopped asking questions and I stopped mentioning the elevator. Days would pass, sometimes even a month or two, before I was on it again. In fact, I never knew when it was going to happen. For a year I tried to predict it. No luck. It happened when it happened, and I had no control.

      If you aren’t shocked yet, then hold onto your seat! Before I turned eight, the elevator just existed. Everything would be totally normal and then all of a sudden I would be enclosed by a completely see-through box. At first, I tried to get out. I walked forward. BANG! Ouch! I stepped back a few steps. BAM! Sheesh! There were no buttons and no floors to get off on. Nothing ever happened. I’d stand until my feet started to hurt and then I’d sit – wondering why I was there. Eventually, the door would open and I was free to go.

      Not long after my eighth birthday, I woke up one night to hear a voice calling my name. Okay, Okay….I guess I should tell the story the way it really happened. I was secretly reading a book by flashlight under my covers even though dad said Only ONE chapter and lights out! (I can’t help it! I LOVE to read!) I ran into the living room. My parents were watching the news on television.

      What? I asked.

      What, what? Dad responded.

      Why did you call me? I asked, glad for an excuse to be out of bed.

      Nobody called you. Dad looked puzzled. Mom looked concerned. They sent me back to bed.

      This continued to happen as I grew older. I’d hear a voice calling my name but no one was ever there. About three years passed, and just as I was beginning to entertain the dreaded thought that something was terribly wrong with me, my life changed in the blink of an eye. One day as I was in the elevator waiting, (bored out of my mind, I might add!) that strangely familiar voice spoke something other than my name for the very first time.

      Chapter 1

      Kodesh

      Josiah, you are now ready.

      I immediately felt the presence of another in the tiny elevator. Another being…but not necessarily human. I couldn’t see anyone there but I certainly could feel someone. The small room was beginning to heat up. A deep warmth began to spill over me as if someone was pouring rays of sunshine over my head. My heart was racing. My head was pounding, and I was beginning to get dizzy.

      Who said that? I managed to squeak out. Are you a…a ghost? The words sounded dumb the second they escaped from my mouth. A ghost? Come on….I’m eleven years old. Nobody believes in ghosts anymore...maybe elementary school kids, but not –

      My thoughts were interrupted by a friendly chuckle. I guess you could call me that.

      The voice was quiet and gentle. Even though I was scared out of my mind, I somehow felt…safe.

      Where did you come from? I asked.

      Josiah, I have been with you since you were four years old. I know every strength you have… The voice paused. And every weakness.

      Whoa. Now wait just a second. That can’t be possible. I was beginning to get suspicious of this strange guest in my elevator. What’s my favorite food?

      Spaghetti. The voice answered without hesitation.

      Who’s my best friend?

      Will. Again, it did not struggle with the answer. This wasn’t working. I needed to come up with something really tough.

      Okay. Here’s one you’ll never get. How did I get this scar on my forehead?

      You rolled off of the bed when you were five months old.

      Hey! You said you’ve only been with me since I was four. How do you know things from when I was a baby? This was getting way too creepy for me.

      The voice was much more serious but still strangely soothing. Josiah, I am Ruach HaKodesh, Breath of the Living God. Some call me the Holy Ghost, some the Holy Spirit. You can call me Kodesh for short. I have only been with you from the day the Master acquired your soul. However, I have open access to all information in both the earthly and the spiritual realms. I work for Yahweh, the highest reigning power of the universe. Humans call Him God. He sees to it that I am well equipped to do my job. Understand that every single thing that you or anyone else in this world does or thinks is known to Him. He sees every thing done in secret. He reads your thoughts like a book. Nothing goes unnoticed.

      Whoa! It took me a few minutes to process everything. So, you know about the time I snuck that ice cream bar in the bathroom?

      When your mom found the wrapper hidden under the rug you blamed it on your little sister because she was too young to speak and defend herself.

      Yeah. I was going to come back for that later and hide it at the bottom of the trash. Waves of embarrassment flushed over me. That was uh…pretty rotten, huh?

      Josiah, I’m not here about any of that. I’m here because we have much to do. Time is running out quickly and you must be trained.

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