The Compass That Pointed Towards Heaven

06 Aug 2026 Post By joshua26

Hello GuideGuys!

I Hope y’all are doing well!!!

I am writing a story based on The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan!

also, I am going to make a contest! here are the rules:

Contest Information Form

Name (First, Middle, Last): ______________________________________

Gender: ______________________

Age: ______________________

Birthday (Day & Month): ______________________________________

MBTI Personality Type (Optional): ______________________

Hair Color: ______________________

Race/Ethnicity (Optional): ______________________

Hobbies: _________________________________________________

Parents and Siblings (Optional):

Christian? ☐ Yes ☐ No

Series Name: 

Additional Details (Optional):

due by August 31st, 2026

————————- Story Time! ———————————–

once upon a time there was a boy named Liam N. Jones and Liam had lost his parent in this past week. He was crying, sobbing & angry with God! How could have God done this?! he prayed to God that night before going to bed.

Then in the cold night of December 21st, 1829, he dreamt about searching for his silver watch his dad gave him for Christmas the last year. Then, while he was looking under his wooden bed (in his dream) he found his watch along with a golden, bright, mysterious object, and that was when Liam woke up.

He jumped of his bed and looked under the bed and found his clock along with a Golden compass etched “Liam”. The compass was pointing Northeast and that was when he saw a note.

Dear Liam, this compass has been made in the Blessing Blacksmith Shop in The Celestial City! this compass will always point towards heaven. Follow it and come to the Celestial City!

Signed, The Good Shepherd.

Woah, Woah, Woah! Heaven? he thought about it a little more. the Celestial City? ” I’m Going,” said Liam as he packed his:

  • Bible
  • Leather satchel
  • Coin purse
  • Water flask
  • Bread
  • Cheese
  • Dried fruit
  • Pocketknife
  • Blanket
  • Extra clothes
  • Sturdy boots
  • Hat
  • Walking staff
  • Rope
  • Needle and thread
  • Candle
  • Flint and steel
  • Handkerchief
  • Soap
  • Comb

Once he finished his list, he went back to bed and slept. The next morning, when dawn arrived, Liam started his journey.

“Farewell City of Destruction” said Liam as he walked away.

He walked and walked some more and then it was nighttime. “I think I’ll stop here and rest and tomorrow I will continue the journey” said Liam as he laid down.

The next morning, he ate some bread and cheese and continued the journey!

When he was about 30 miles away from the City of Destruction, he saw a boy sitting alone in a rock.

“Excuse me,” said the boy. “Do you have some extra food to spare for a homeless, poor boy?”

“Of course” said Liam. “What is your name?”

“My name is Ezra D. Oakley,” said Ezra.

“My name is Liam N. Jones, and I come from the City of Destruction”

“Where ya off to?” asked Ezra as he finished eating.

“To the Celestial City,” said Liam. When they hiked an hour, they saw a dirty, abandoned pond.

“Swamp of Despond ,” read Ezra. “I Guess there is no way around it, so let start swimming” said Liam as he jumped in!

When the two boys were almost on the other side they started to sink!

“OH NO! HELP, HELP!” shouted Ezra. then suddenly someone pulled them out.

“Did you call me?” Said the mysterious voice.

——————————–to be continued …———————————-

32 thoughts on “The Compass That Pointed Towards Heaven”

  1. Nice! I love “Pilgrim’s Progress,” and it’s nice to see your spin-off! You know what would be cool? If you looked up the meaning of each name like Bunyan did for the book. You know, like, it was Evangelist, not Jack. Just a thought! Um, I’m assuming that the contest is for a new series? Cool! I’ll enter.
    Name: Bethel Dakota Hampton
    Gender: Girl
    Age: 14
    Birthday: September 4
    Personality is…: Playful, humorous, but she hides more than her friends sometimes realize. Her real feelings or her own problems are pushed aside so that she can be “more helpful.”
    Hair color: Black
    Ethnicity: African-American
    Hobbies: Journaling, reading, and playing tennis
    Parents & Siblings: Only child; two parents whose relationship is becoming strained. She starts having apprehensions that it’ll escalate.
    Christian: Yes
    Series name: Overwhelmed, But Not Overpowered

  2. Name Alexandria Ioannidis
    Gender: female

    Age: 13

    Birthday (Day & Month): November 14

    MBTI Personality Type introvert _

    Hair Color:black
    Eye color;gray

    Race/Ethnicity greek

    Hobbies: writer/journalist _

    Parents and Siblings: father and older sister like a mother two her [mom died]

    Christian? No

    Series Name: Trapped in white

    Additional Details struggling with feeling invisible unloved struggling with depression from her mother dying and later is diagnosed with cancer

  3. Name:Mahaliah-Klowee Olivia Bellevue (so long, i know)

    Gender: girl
    Age:11
    Birthday: 07302015
    Hair color: Black
    Race: Haitian American
    Hobbies: reading, playing roblox, drawing
    Parents and siblings: my mom and dad +my older brother
    Christian: Yes!!!
    Series name: Finding Kat

  5. Name: Claire Eliana Roselyn
    Gender: Female
    Age: 13
    Birthday: March 30
    Ethnicity: Puerto Rican
    Languages: English & Spanish
    Christian: Yes
    MBTI Type: ENFP (enthusiastic, creative, people-loving extrovert) She’s bubbly, energetic, and full of ideas. She makes friends easily and loves encouraging others. She talks with her hands, laughs loudly, and gets excited about almost everything. She’s curious, hopeful, and always dreaming about what God has planned for her
    Appearance:
    Brown hair with one bright pink streak. Loves pink and purple clothes. Always carries a backpack covered in little trinkets, clips, charms, and tiny souvenirs she collects
    Family:
    Dad (Ramón) silly, goofy, always joking
    Mom (Clariluz) caring, gentle, strong Christian faith
    Brother (Juan,16) mischievous, teases her but protects her
    Her family is Christian and active in church
    Hobbies:
    Drawing, singing, playing her guitar, ROBLOXXXXX, collecting backpack trinkets
    Dream:
    Claire has never visited the USA, but she dreams of going someday. She imagines big cities, Christian camps, new friends, and adventures “beyond the ocean”
    Series Name: Beyond the Ocean
    Series Outline:
    “Beyond the Ocean” follows Claire Eliana Roselyn, a bright Puerto Rican girl with a pink streak in her hair and a heart full of faith. As she dreams of traveling to the USA for the first time, Claire discovers new friendships, new challenges, and new ways God is guiding her life — one colorful adventure at a time.
    I don’t even know how I wrote that so well, lol!

  7. # Contest Information Form

    **Name (First, Middle, Last):** Caleb Daniel Brooks

    **Gender:** Male

    **Age:** 13

    **Birthday (Day & Month):** October 8

    **MBTI Personality Type (Optional):** ENFP

    **Hair Color:** Brown

    **Race/Ethnicity (Optional):** —

    **Hobbies:** Drawing, soccer, LEGO building, writing stories, exploring, solving puzzles, and reading the Bible

    **Parents and Siblings (Optional):** Caleb lives with his parents and his younger sister, Emma.

    —

    **Christian? ☑ Yes ☐ No**

    **Series Name:** *The Infinite Worlds*

    **Additional Details (Optional):**

    Caleb Brooks is a creative and adventurous 13-year-old who loves imagining places that don’t exist. He spends hours drawing maps, designing strange creatures, and writing stories about distant worlds.

    One day, Caleb discovers that one of his drawings seems to be more than just a drawing. It leads him and his friends into a mysterious imaginary world filled with unexplored places, unusual challenges, and secrets waiting to be discovered.

    Caleb isn’t the strongest or smartest person in every situation, but he refuses to give up. His greatest strength is his faith in God. Whenever he faces a difficult choice, Caleb learns to pray, seek wisdom, and trust God rather than simply following his own ideas.

    Throughout *The Infinite Worlds*, Caleb and his friends travel through different imaginary worlds while learning lessons about courage, friendship, forgiveness, honesty, responsibility, and faith.

    **Character Trait:** Caleb is imaginative, adventurous, loyal, curious, and sometimes a little too eager to jump into an adventure before thinking things through.

    **Series Goal:** To create exciting imaginary adventures that entertain young readers while showing how Christian values can guide characters through difficult situations.

      • I use ai to make my outlines I come up with the plot and I tell it to help me organize what I told it. with writing my book I find that chatgpt has helped a lot asking quetins telling me my what I need to work on etc I feel like it would be okay to enter doublefuddge’s entry [just saying btw not forcing you or anything lol]

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