by Trent_Dutch
A pure and plaintive treatment of redemption- very nice, TD!
with a little paring down. The two "finallys" at the end are awkward... there are a lot of synonyms for finally, it should be a simple matter to find one. Elsewhere, I don't think you need an apostrophe on offerings and I don't quite understand the Cherry analogy. My cherry tree is very pretty in Autumn when the leaves turn yellow...perhaps using Winter would have insured a starker contrast?