River of Life

Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens · Mar 15, 2023 · 4m

Markus stumbled through the dense overgrowth, his breathing growing heavy. The weight of the illness inside him grew heavier with each step, but he knew he had to keep trekking his life depended on it. . Every person alive had been born with the same illness Markus had. Some didn’t mind the dense feeling it left inside their bodies, but Markus had been looking for a cure for as long as he could remember, something to ease the pain. There had been the journey to the Creek of Wealth, and the hike to the Lagoon of Lust, but none had worked. Their waters had numbed the pain momentarily, but…