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What's Your Destiny?

To teens and twenty-somethings (or those who have yet to relinquish dreaming), what is your DESTINY?

Some scriptures to ponder:

  This is Jacob, the generation of those who seek Him, who seek Your face. Selah.
  Lift up your heads, O you gates! Be lifted up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory will come in.
  Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
    /Psalm 24:6-8/

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. I will be found by you, says the LORD...
    /Jeremiah 29:11-14/

We are a generation blessed beyond imagination. We are more intelligent, more talented, more passionate than any before us. We have more resources, more communication abilities, more speed. To whom much is given, much is required (Matthew 12:48).

Your challenge in this contest is to DREAM. What will you do with your talents? How will the world change because YOU are in it?

Rules:

1) No erotica, etc.

2) No potty-mouths (bathroom humor went out of style in second grade)

3) ONE prewrite per author, but up to three new pieces. Should more than one prewrite be entered, I will randomly disqualify your pieces until one remains.

4) *DREAM BIG!* A spouse, children and a white picket fence were nice dreams in the 1950s. We are the generation that ROCKS HARD. Your dreams should, too. :-)

5) Dare the impossible. Theodor Herzl began hocking the idea of a Jewish homeland in the late 1800s. Israel became a nation in 1948.

Finally, HAVE FUN!

First place:  315 points
Second place:  100 points
Third place:  50 points
Honorable Mentions:  10 points

Thanks, ya'll! I look forward to reading entries!

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on May 27, 2006
  • Rewards: Gold: 315
  • Final notes:
    Thanks to all for entering. I've enjoyed reading your work and even more your perspectives on destiny and your personal goals. :-D Keep dreaming, keep hoping, keep reaching!

    Winners:

    1) Jazzyjune for My Destiny (quite eloquent and appropriate)
    2) Thundercat for West: My Past and Future (destiny has already begun)
    3) BabyGirlTmple619 for One Hundred and Twenty (clever!)

    Honorable Mention: tonner for With a needle in her hands (an aspiring tattoo artist--awesome! :-D)

Entries [13]

1 - 13 of 13
  • King for a Day
    The cameras flash and the stadium roars
    And two steps above me a man’s ego soars
    by LazarusMan 34 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 5 9:11 PM 2006. In Personal, Society, Hope
    • Commented on by judge.
  • Racism
    In life we act from the heart and mind,
    Were all unique all one of a kind,
    by markdar 24 lines, 11 comments, on May 17 3:57 PM 2006. In Society
    • Commented on by judge.
  • My Freedom of Dreams
    I pray for the freedom to sleep all day long
    To burst out loud in an off key song
    by BekkBekk 25 lines, 3 comments, on May 22 8:20 PM 2006. In Personal, Society, Hope
    • Commented on by judge.
  • The world at my finger tips
    by WarriorMaiden 47 lines, 1 comment, on May 23 4:00 AM 2006. In Humor
    • Commented on by judge.
  • I Dream
    I dream of a huge mansion I had personalty built.
    I dream of a kind warming husband that is mine.
    by neoladyem 18 lines, 4 comments, on May 23 10:50 AM 2006. In Personal
    • Commented on by judge.
  • My Future
    My future will be a place in which every person is given free health care
    No more children left starving on the streets
    by death-faces-us-all 31 lines, 1 comment, on May 26 1:22 AM 2006. In Hope
    • Commented on by judge.
  • A Writer's Dream
    A fanciful tale begins this night,
    as I dream under the night sky,
    by SapphireEyes 39 lines, 1 comment, on May 26 5:18 AM 2006. In Fantasy, Personal, Hope
    • Commented on by judge.
  • High Numbers
    As your numbers get higher
    by Alvinbenat 47 lines, 2 comments, on May 26 11:03 AM 2006. In Personal, Love, Hope
    • Commented on by judge.
  • Demon

    Beleaugered by prophecy
    by kilik1226 29 lines, 1 comment, on May 26 4:35 PM 2006. In Dark
    • Commented on by judge.
  • Role Model
    "Role Model"
    For years and years,
    by undyinglove 24 lines, 2 comments, on May 26 6:48 PM 2006. In Hope
    • Commented on by judge.
  • My Destiny
    The completeness of writing of one's own experiences and lifetime...
    by Jazzyjune 94 lines, 4 comments, on May 26 8:02 PM 2006. In Personal, Other
    Gold trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge.
  • Destiny?
    It's all about life,
    And how we will live it.
    by Flying-Flamingo13 11 lines, 2 comments, on May 26 8:51 PM 2006. In Fantasy, Personal
    • Commented on by judge.
  • I Will Fly
    I will fly
    I will soar high in making the world a better place
    by Mascaraed Beauty 17 lines, 5 comments, on May 26 9:49 PM 2006. In Spiritual, Society, Hope
    • Commented on by judge.

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