Never a Mere Mortal
Devon Dial
- "Each
- person
- has
- a
- backstory.
- And
- each
- of
- their
- tales
- is
- being
- released
- back
- into
- the
- world
- in
- the
- form
- of
- judgments
- or
- joys,
- bitterness
- or
- beauty…"A
- mother,
- driven
- by
- tragedy
- to
- the
- threshold
- of
- her
- sanity.
- A
- husband,
- unable
- to
- escape
- his
- guilt
- after
- one
- shameful
- decision.
- A
- soldier,
- wrestling
- to
- regain
- the
- respect
- of
- a
- society
- that
- left
- him
- behind.As
- these
- and
- many
- others
- walk
- the
- aisles
- of
- their
- local
- supermarket,
- their
- stories
- gently
- intersect
- as
- each
- hurting
- soul
- struggles
- to
- find
- its
- way
- in
- the
- world.
- Reflecting
- on
- themes
- like
- love
- and
- innocence,
- brokenness
- and
- redemption,
- Never
- a
- Mere
- Mortal
- considers
- the
- spectrum
- of
- the
- human
- experience
- as
- lives
- are
- shaped,
- one
- choice
- at
- a
- time.Never
- a
- Mere
- Mortal,
- a
- literary
- novel
- that
- is
- 146
- pages
- in
- length,
- follows
- thirteen
- characters
- as
- their
- paths
- cross
- on
- a
- seemingly
- ordinary
- day.
- But
- each
- soul
- bears
- far
- more
- than
- initially
- meets
- the
- eye.
- With
- flashbacks
- into
- their
- pasts,
- the
- characters
- ultimately
- offer
- a
- message
- of
- hope
- by
- demonstrating
- the
- power
- of
- extending
- grace
- rather
- than
- condemnation.
- Loosely
- based
- on
- C.S.
- Lewis's
- reminder
- that
- "you
- have
- never
- met
- a
- mere
- mortal,"
- this
- story
- dignifies
- both
- the
- pain
- and
- the
- beauty
- of
- the
- human experience.
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