There is a freedom all have fallen in slavery to.
A false creation in rejection of the only Creator.
This lure is real,
and it entices the strongest and weakest of humanity.
No culture is immune
No creature spared.
For we all fall to the lie that we are sufficient and able,
that our reasoning is sound and we are just in all we do.
Inch by inch,
moment by moment,
we fail to realize the darkness and heaviness that sets in
as we follow our own devices.
Led by lust,
led by the flesh,
and ever so gently lead by a great deceiver.
Once clouded in darkness and shrouded by the lies we have chosen to believe
we reach out for a hand
and ready, is the one who encouraged us here.
Oh friend, it is not our Creator whose hand we find so quickly,
for we rejected Him from the beginning
For it is our foe
and the one who seeks to destroy us
his hands ready and eager to tear and ensnare us further.
Oh but helpless one…
Be still and listen
Be silent and hear the One calling.
It is Him.
The one we walked away from so long ago
Do you hear His call?
Do you hear how He knows your very name?
From the moment you chose your own path His voice became whisper
and only more obscure
When you lashed out in anger because He had forgotten you
He was there
When you mocked and ridiculed Him and His bride
He was there
When you began to realize that you were alone and helpless
He was there
He was there
and there
He is still
Calling you
Waiting for you
Longing for you
But never so demanding and controlling so as to make you His by force
His sacrifice and suffering for you so real
His love and desire for you
furious and passionate
But so tender and wonderful is He that He waits and calls
and desires that you choose Him,
to fully behold His beauty which will only more and more fulfill and sustain you.
Oh child,
you no longer need to be an orphan groping in the darkness
There are snakes and wild beasts there and they surely will devour you if you remain.
Follow His voice
I assure you, as you step out from the darkness
He will run for you and embrace you
His love for you is great and once you are His,
His arms will never let you go.
The Journey Unfolds 