Lollipop Cruise, Part 13: Not Until You’re Married

Kalman stepped towards Tim… He sought his attention… In fact he demanded it…

Tim turned, hoping it was Alicia… He needed her counsel… He felt overwhelmed.

Seeing his father needed him… Tim didn’t want to deal with him now…

Sixty soldiers drew their swords… to protect God’s chosen servant… “Halt!”

Kalman stopped… his eyebrow raised… He saw the changing tides…

Ezra and Ruth observed them both… So much was now at stake.

A sea otter played with his partner… in the middle of a secret lake…

Suddenly Tim and Alicia were swimming near them.

A bright column of light shone down on them both…

They felt ashamed… they felt mortified… God said,

“Don’t enjoy each other like this… not until you’re married.”

Earlier… Ezra had put his arm around a tortured Kalman. He said,

“You underestimate the man Tim is… Can’t you see--God chose & blessed him?

You mustn't distract God’s mission with him.”

Kalman turned away… muttering, “I thought God wanted ME.

I've been passed over… A pathetic zero… One big disappointment… ”

As if going to a funeral… Kalman walked away.

Cheryl overheard her ex. Was she smiling or sneering?

“Kalman. You never learn… You’ve failed Tim as you failed me…

As you failed your first family… and your birth family… You’ve failed us all…

Just move on… Don’t keep torturing us even more. You’re a loser…

Our son’s better off without than with you. Why can’t you see this?”

Nearby was a thick cactus… Sharp poisonous thorns guarded exotic flowers…

Behind this thick, tall, ridged plant… 5 year-old Phoebe heard every word.

She was tiny, she couldn’t be seen. She breathed lightly, she couldn’t be heard.

Nobody noticed when she departed… Her feet seemed to float on the ground.

Phoebe related Cheryl’s words to her parents… Ezra & Ruth.

It was illuminating… But, gossip is discouraged… Yet truth is embraced…

This information was troubling in many ways…

The protection of Tim’s Divine Soul… to serve Hashem… This was priority one.

This assault on masculinity… could not stand…

Not only wasn’t it fair to blame Kalman so much…

This attack on Kalman’s integrity telegraphs an unholy message to Tim that…

His father, who’s the source of his masculinity, was so awful and so destructive.

This could only have an undermining impact on God’s mission.

A bold full moon floated on the surface of a secluded lake…

Alicia’s friends had told her about this romantic place…

Her friends and loyal soldiers guarded them… at a respectful distance.

A hundred Angels, led by Angel Michael, guarded nearby.

This young couple was anointed… Their love was true…

They were like royalty… Yet… They were unmarried.

A sea otter played with his partner… in the middle of the lake…

Suddenly Tim and Alicia were naked swimming near them.

A bright column of light shone down on them both…

They felt ashamed… they felt mortified… God said,

“Don’t enjoy each other like this… until you’re married.”

God spoke, “Timothy… Alisha… stand up, please…

I don’t wish you to feel shame… You have fine, healthy bodies…

They will give me and you good children…

Alicia felt proud… then she turned beet red with embarrassment.

But do you know what you SHOULD feel bad about Tim?”

“Maybe… that I was about to make the same mistake as Adam & Eve?”

“About to? It is time you begin your Torah studies.

Learn the difference between thoughts, spoken words, and actions.

Here, your Divine Soul succumbed to your Animal Soul, before I arrived.

Tim & Alicia, get dressed… NOW! Don’t enjoy each other like this… until married.

Why? I want you to make babies… But first I want you ready & committed. You don’t just play at it, until it’s with your wife. Then, it’s all conditions: Go. Now, go!”

A sea otter played with his partner… in the middle of the lake…

Suddenly Tim and Alicia were naked swimming near them.

A bright column of light shone down on them both…

They felt ashamed… they felt mortified… God said,

“Don’t enjoy each other like this… until you’re married. OK?”