Supernatural Oneshots

AN: Hey there guys, well this is my first shot at a Supernatural fic, So please be nice. Sorry if i have got any of the passages wrong. I don't own anything. I hope y'all enjoy. 

Spoilers for season 8.

Set in the finale, when Castiel tells Dean about the trials, before they know Metatron's plan.

Summary: Castiel's thoughts about the the Trials and his true reason for shutting down Heaven.

'So the questions come about, would he lay down his free will, his life for God. Leave the people he cared about for God. Maybe a while ago he would but now...'

 

Nothing without Sacrifice

Thes 3:3 (NIV) 'So that no one would be unsettles by these trials. You know that we are destined for them'

Trials.

Through out the time of God there have been trials. The Lords plan takes patience and time. The trial of retribution, having patience that God has something great planned for you, your destiny.

'My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trial, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. (NKJV)

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The trial of Faith, can man truly believe in God when being pulled through mass amount of pain and suffering. Losing reasons to live and breath. When you lose your reason to get up in the morning and carry on with live, when you just beg for death (the horseman that would be happy to oblige) how can you have Faith in God then?

Daniel 3:16-18 (HCSB)

16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to the king, "Nebuchadnezzar, we don't need to give you an answer to this question. 17 If the God we serve exists, then He can rescue us from the furnace of blazing fire, and He can rescue us from the power of you, the king. 18 But even if He does not rescue us, we want you as king to know that we will not serve your gods or worship the gold statue you set up."

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The trial of Love. Life is a test that God has assigned to be completed. When life gets hard, that is God testing your strength and love. The depth of love during life's test. Peter was an example of this:

John 21:15-17 (HCSB)

When they had eaten breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these?"

"Yes, Lord," he said to Him, "You know that I love You."

"Feed My lambs," He told him.

16 A second time He asked him, "Simon, son of John, do you love Me?"

"Yes, Lord," he said to Him, "You know that I love You."

"Shepherd My sheep," He told him.

17 He asked him the third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love Me?"

Peter was grieved that He asked him the third time, "Do you love Me?" He said, "Lord, You know everything! You know that I love You."

"Feed My sheep," Jesus said.

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The trial of Obedience. Would you obey God no matter what? Would you blindly follow his orders without any question? Without doubt. Without Free will. Will you follow God even if he ordered you to do something that question you morals, your beliefs? Something you find uncomfortable or wish to avoid? Jesus himself was and example of Obedience.