THE BABY CHRONICLES
What an inspiring and amazing story to read! The Baby Chronicles helped me gain awareness and gave me answers to questions I have had for a very long time. God bless us. Thank you again.
—Baheya Aysheh, Author, Colorado
I am so proud of the work Beatrice Bruno has done with her first work of fiction, The Baby Chronicles! I wouldn’t be surprised if The Baby Chronicles made the bestseller list and then to the Big Screen. I loved it! Personally, I would love to see it made into a movie!
I was very proud of one of the main characters, Margarette Ann, for standing up to her father, Albert, as she was leaving to join the Army!! You’ll have to read the book to find out why! I could actually see the scene playing out as I read.
This would be a great read for someone who is a non-believer. I have some friends to whom I’m going to recommend The Baby Chronicles. I can’t wait to read about these women and their lives in the US Army!
Thank you so much, Beatrice, for allowing me to be one of the first to experience the journey of Beverly, Joyce, Margerette Ann, and Emmaline from before birth up to enlisting in the Army!
—Lavada Price, Author, Texas
The Baby Chronicles will captivate your mind, the truth will touch your heart, and the wisdom will change how you view the potential of your life. Beatrice Bruno has crafted a masterpiece destined to ignite our hearts to fully live the Gospel.
—Cheryl Townsley, Author, Wisdom Coach, Colorado
The Baby Chronicles is AMAZING! God has really used Beatrice Bruno in a wonderful, fun, and exciting way! I finally got a chance to read it on the plane and could not put it down! The Baby Chronicles is very thought-provoking and directs your thoughts to God and the unseen spiritual realm. I can’t wait till it comes out in audio and the movies!
—Jacqui Clay, Retired Army CSM and Assistant Principal, Arizona
THE
BABY
CHRONICLES
Where You Were Before You Were
BEATRICE BRUNO
NEW YORK
NASHVILLE • MELBOURNE • VANCOUVER
THE BABY CHRONICLES
Where You Were Before You Were
© 2017 BEATRICE BRUNO
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Dedication
To the men and women I had the privilege of serving with in the US Army and Military Forces. To everyone who has ever been born, these are our chronicles. This is how we came about and why we do what we do!
God is faithful!
Foreword
The Baby Chronicles is a divine revelation from Christ Jesus given to Beatrice Bruno, The Drill Sergeant of Life.
Although the Drill Sergeant of Life has written a biblical fiction, she has proven through scripture (I Peter 1:20; Titus 1:2; I Corinthians 2:7; II Timothy 1:9; and Ephesians 1:4) that before there was gender (male or female), race (Jew nor Greek), social class (slave nor free), we were in Heaven with God (see Galatians 3:28).
Our eternal purpose cannot be explained nor put in human terms. Too much of our Christian life is spent living in the natural instead of the supernatural. Where we came from, our parents, our ethnicity, economic status, etc., are barriers we have put as barriers to success in life. Not God.
Beatrice Bruno has eloquently written a treatise that describes our beginnings as spirit beings that only want to be with our Father God. With the closeness of His presence and the beauty of Heaven, none of us wants to come to an Earth filled with despair, hatred, uncaring, unbelieving, and so on and so forth.
The Baby Chronicles is truly an amazing work of the Holy Spirit. The way in which Beatrice goes into a spiritual realm is very descriptive of our longing to never leave the Father. Then, He gives us to our parents and the world as a gift for an eternal purpose. Unfortunately, we get so easily distracted and the same “spiritual” being that never wanted to come here to an ugly world changes and never wants to return to the Father.
But thank God for His eternal purpose through Christ Jesus for His predestined plan of salvation. The Drill Sergeant proves, even in fiction, that “God has chosen the foolish things to confound the wise and the weak in the world to shame the strong” (I Corinthians 1:26).
This book will change the way you view your life, God, and why you were sent here! After finishing this book, you will see yourself the way our Father, Abba, sees us. You will no longer allow any natural barriers to affect your supernatural purpose.
May the Lord bless Beatrice Bruno, called to be an Apostle and fulfilling her destiny as the Drill Sergeant of Life, for this book! And may you the reader be forever changed!
—Pastor Norman Chase, Living Disciples Christian Center, Denver
In the Beginning …
Prologue
My Son,” said Almighty God. “The universe is too vast; it has nothing in it. Why don’t We create something We can sit back and enjoy—for Our pleasure?”
“Yes, Father, We can do that,” answered the Son. “What do You have in mind?”
“Well, I had hoped You would come up with something. Here’s what I was thinking,” said God. “Down There, all We have is this dark space. To be truthful, I can’t even see My hand in front of My face Down There.”
“Yes, Sir, I agree. I had considered that Myself,” admitted the Son.
“Well, Son, I believe I’ve come up with something. How about this: Let there be light!” God the Father commanded.
Instantly upon giving the commandment, an explosion shook the Heavens. The angels stood still and eternity sto
pped. A brightness emanated from beneath they hadn’t seen before—not from Down There.
All the angels wondered what God was going to do with There, the space beneath their dwelling place. A universal divide had always existed between Heaven and There. There was dark, a void. The angels had been hesitant in venturing out of Heaven, especially since God hadn’t told them to venture out. But now, There had light.
“But,” God told His Son, “something is still missing Down There.”
“Father, do You see that thing Down There, that mass of nothing? It appears to be formless, nothing occupies it. Hmmm, I never really noticed it until now. May I try something?” asked the Son.
“By all means, Son, please do. Three Minds work better than One,” God the Father gave the go-ahead.
“Well, Father, Let’s try this. First, Let’s give it a shape,” the Son said, working His hands around the thing. He shaped it, then shaped it some more until it formed a perfect circle. “Ah, this is good. What do You think of that, Father?” He asked.
“What are those designs You’re making on that—what are You going to call it, Son?” Almighty God paused, considering the creation in His Son’s hands.
“Since I Am forming it out of the dust of the atmosphere, I think I will call it ‘Earth,’” answered the Son. “I Am creating these designs so everything doesn’t appear the same. See, Father, this part of the Earth will be different from that portion.”
“Well, My Son, I understand. I Am sure You will make it more plain as We continue to create this new thing.”
“Spirit,” God Almighty asked. “What are You doing?”
The Spirit of God answered, “I Am moving upon the face of some substance I don’t recognize.”
“What does it look like?” asked the Son.
“It’s clear but has ripples. As You mold the orb You call Earth, this substance moves, flows into the pockets You’ve created for it,” the Spirit of God said to the Son.
“Hmmm,” pondered the Son. “What can I name that substance and what is the purpose of it?”
“Son, I think I have an idea. Now, You’re creating this place called Earth, correct?”
“Yes, Sir.”
“Let’s think on this a moment, Son. On this Earth, You will have dry land, correct?”
“Well, yes, Father, because it is made of dry land, but…”
“Well, on the dry part, You will have living things like plants such as We have here in Heaven and animals. They will need a liquid substance to sustain them. This is the liquid substance and We can call it ‘water.’ Look at it. It is a living organism in itself and gives and sustains life,” said God the Father, triumphantly.
“Father, that’s brilliant! I understand Your logic. So if I make pockets in various places on Earth, this water substance will flow into those pockets and provide life to everything it touches in those areas, right?” asked the Son, fully comprehending. He grew more excited as He spoke things out. “Spirit, what do You think about this?”
“I see what You mean, Father and Son. But there seems to be a bit more of this water substance in this part over here. Look at how the orb is almost overcome by it. What shall We do?” questioned the Spirit of God. “What if We …” the Spirit said as He shifted the Earth until it was suspended between two bodies of the water substance.
As He suspended the Earth, He allowed it to bounce on the bodies of waters for a moment. As it did, a spray of the substance sprinkled on the parts of the Earth that were not near the large bodies of waters.
God the Father saw it and said, “Spirit, what did You just do?”
The Spirit of God thought He had done something wrong.
“Pardon Me, Sir. I allowed the orb to drop down a bit. When it touched the two bodies of waters, it caused a spray to sprinkle back over the Earth.”
“No, Spirit, I’m not upset. I just have a better idea,” God the Father said. “Son, do this. Create a firmament, an arch, over Your Earth. Now, the area above the firmament closest to Us will be called the Heavens since it is an extension, an expansion, of where We live. We will provide these waters to the Earth because the waters in the Earth need a source. We have the source right here in the Heavens.”
“OK, Father, I understand what You’re doing. Because We are the Creators, We will provide for Our creation from here so it will have everything it needs. Good idea,” acknowledged the Son.
God the Father, His Son, and His Spirit stood back to look at what They had created so far. They were pleased with what They saw. The Master Artists continued to create this new thing, the Earth, in the atmosphere beneath Their Heaven. As They molded and shaped the orb and the world it encapsulated, the seraphims and cherubims surrounding the Trio of Creators wondered about this new thing.
Meanwhile, Archangel Lucifer, the leader of the singers, showed great interest in this new place being created. He had quickly grown tired of being in the shadows in Heaven. He wanted to expand.
Almighty God knew his thoughts and turned toward Lucifer, fierceness in His countenance. Lucifer stepped back into the shadows of the other angels.
“I will bide my time, Almighty,” he thought. “I will bide my time.”
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Father, there is no color, no life on Our Earth. Everything looks so drab in black and white Down There. What if We add color to it?” asked the Son.
Looking at the black, white, and gray world beneath Them, the Father considered His Son’s query. He wanted the Earth to be a reflection of His wonderful Heaven—colorful and full of life.
“Yes, Son, do what is in Your heart,” God granted permission to the Son.
The Son looked around Himself in Heaven at the master copy He would follow as He created the Earth. Hmmm, grass, herbs, fruit trees—yes, that was what the Earth needed.
“Father, look,” said the Son.
The Son worked on the huge palette of the earth-mass as He created what was to be on Earth as it was in Heaven. As He created what He received from the Father, the Spirit of God moved across the face of the Earth waving His hands. Tiny seeds of color fell over the land as He sowed the power of God’s commandment to bring forth grass, herbs, and fruit trees on the Earth. The Spirit of God conducted as a musical maestro as living things sprang forth from the newly-created land mass.
Grass sprouted from its seed, herbs sprouted from their seeds, and wonderfully multicolored fruit trees sprouted from their seeds. The Son poured out of Himself all things to be created on the Earth to the pleasure of the Father. It pleased the Father that the Son had everything within Himself to create all things on the Earth, causing it to be a direct reflection of Heaven.
“Magnificent!” exclaimed the Father in awe. It was a duplication of what He observed around Himself in His Heavenly abode.
“Hallelujah!” exclaimed the Archangels, Gabriel and Michael. Immediately, the seraphims and cherubims took up the wave of ‘Hallelujahs,’ rejoicing at the creation they observed beneath them. All the angels with the exception of one …
The Creators descended to walk upon the face of the Earth. They were very pleased with Their creation so far. Beautiful! Magnificent! Awesome! were only three of the superlatives They used to describe Their creation to this point.
“Let’s get back to work,” God the Father advised excitedly as They ascended into the Heavens, elatedly making plans as They went. The Son returned to His palette as the Spirit of God stood by to carry out the will of God.
“You know, Son,” said the Father, “We should equip the Earth with times and seasons. Even though the Earth will be a direct reflection of Heaven, the Earth is also in an atmosphere quite different from Heaven. As a result, there will be a day and a night as well as four seasons to allow plants and other life forms to know when and when not to bring forth.”
“Umhmmm,” contemplated the Son. “So if We hang the Earth on an axis only We can see…like this,” the Son said, moving His hand over the Earth, “then the Earth can rotate on that axis. And, Fathe
r, I had a thought. To tell the difference between night and day, let Us hang these two lights above the Earth in the atmosphere between Heaven and Earth. One will be called the sun and will provide heat as well as light during the day on the Earth. It will be the stronger of the two lights …”
As the Son paused, the Spirit illustrated everything as it was thought out. He went about His task of setting into motion what the Son said.
“Then,” the Son continued, “We can place the other light called the moon in the same atmosphere as the sun. Now, although it will provide light during the night, it will not shine as brightly as the sun. These two lights will divide the light from the darkness, the day from the night. After this, Father, the universe will never experience this much darkness again,” the Son concluded.
“I agree, My Son. This light, it is good,” agreed Almighty God. “Let Us also add some lesser lights to the Heavens. We shall call them stars. They will also be used to show times and seasons and provide direction as well as light. Look in Your hands.”
The Son looked in His hands and saw the twinkling particles the Father called stars. There were so many of them! Throwing them out into the cosmos, they sparkled brightly in the atmosphere, surrounding the moon and the sun.
God the Father, His Son, and His Spirit observed that these things were good.
“Father God,” said the Spirit. “I’ve been thinking. The Earth is full of living things—the grass, herbs, and trees. But, there is no life. Look around Us.” He pointed. “There is life everywhere in every corner of Heaven. There are songs being sung, noises, laughter. You have created so much up here. But what about on the Earth?” the Spirit of God entreated.
“Umhmmm,” pondered God the Father. “I have contemplated that very thing, Spirit. You are correct. I have created the angels to inhabit the Heavens. There does need to be life and living on Earth as it is in Heaven. What shall We do?” He asked His Son and His Spirit.
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