Think About The Fact, Beloved, That
Someone Loves You With A Sacrifice-Of-Themselves Love
Which Will Not Let You Go
But
Leaves You Free
To Walk Away And Associate With Another So Unworthy
Who Is Basely Encouraging You
Into Damnation, Into Oblivion, To Go!
The Someone Who Loves You
Is
Your Forever Friend
The Kind Of Friend Who Sees You Clearly
And
Lovingly Corrects You When You Are Being Self-Destructive
And
Acting To Others Rudely, Crudely
Unfairly, Unkindly, And Even Inhumanely!
This Someone Who Loves You Without Hope Of Return
Walks With You, And Talks With You
Even Though His Overtures Of Love You Treat As Trivialities ... And Spurn!
I Cannot Condemn You
Because
To Him I Did The Same Thing
Until The Day I Heard Him Cry
As He Beseeched Me Sin And Self To Deny!
What Really Caused My Cold Heart To Break
Was When I Heard Him Call My Name In Prayer!
He Pleaded With The Father To Let Him Try Another Year!
He Said That He Would Water Me With His Tears
Feed Me With The Truth
And
Cause The Sunlight Of His Righteousness
To Fall Upon Me In Radiant Array!
He Pledged To Dig Around My Roots
To Extract The Stones
To Remove Weeds, The Accumulated Rubbish Of Daily Life
And
Get Rid Of The Trash Of The Past That
Over Me A Long Shadow Had Cast!
I Looked, Really Looked At Him
And
Was Repulsed When I, In Turn, Really Looked At Me!
I, Then, In Shame, In Self-Hatred
And
In That Raging Desire For True Relationship
Reached For His Gentle Hand That
Had Long Been Extended To Me In Heavenly Love!
I Now Wear My Love For Him Boldly
Even Though It Causes Me To Be Coldly Received By Others
Who Cruelly Say That I'm In Love With And Loving An Illusion
Which, On My Rush To "Entertainment" Is An Unwanted Intrusion!
I May Not Physically See The One Whom I Love
The One Who I Know Loves Me First
But
I Know That He Is Ever-Present
Hears My Call
And
Answers My Prayers!
Sometimes He Says "No!"
And
Sometimes He Says "Wait!"
Sometimes He Says "Endure!"
So That I Above This Life May Elevate!
He Says That In This Way I Exercise
Aka Work His Daily Gift To Me Of Faith
By Which I Learn Patience
Which Is Doing A Perfect Work!
I Tell You The Truth: I Now Love Him As My Forever Friend
And
More Importantly
As The Lover Of My Soul ... Who I Am
And
I Finally See, Understand
And
Accept His Word ... It's Alive ... That
By Constant Communion, Communication
I Will Become Like Him!
His Spirit Known Holy Comforts, Corrects, Teaches
And
Guides Me In The Way That I Should Go
And
I Am Glad
Because
His Father Has Consented That He Is To Bring Me Into His Home
The Gloriously Lit House In The Eternal City
Where He, His Name Is Love And Peace, Lives, Reigns
And
Rules!
He Is Rich Beyond All Imagining And I Don't Even Care:
I Just Desire To Be With Him
To Be Forever In His Presence
Even Though He Is Giving Me My Own Home!
For The First Time In My Life
I Have Found A Lover Whose Love Gives
And
Does Not Expect To Receive!
If You Have Doubts Believing That He Is Really Real
Look At His Brow
And
Gently, By Faith, And With Love
Touch The Palms Of His Hands, His Feet, And His Side!
You, Me, We Did That To Him
And
He Still Wants Us Near To His Heart!
He Is Almighty God, Creator, Savior, Redeemer!
He Is The King Of Glory!
He Is The Righteous Judge!
His Name Is Jesus!
What A Friend!
Peace!
