Jesus answered "I am the way
the truth
and the life
no one comes to the Father
except through Me"
John 14:6
a door.
a door rugged.
a door rugged and bloody.
a door constructed with beams.
crossbeams from a cross so rugged.
I stand.
I stand near the door.
I want to enter
yet uncertainty
keeps me standing
still.
I know that this is
the way I am meant to go.
yet deep inside I am unsure ~
am I worthy?
am I good enough?
I take the step
over the threshold
and stand in stunned silence.
before me spreads a pasture lush.
a pasture green. a pasture breathtaking.
a river flows from a mountain in the distance.
that one river divides into two smaller rivers
streams flowing parallel yet a distance apart.
the sun sparkles and
dances on the water.
my heart racing,
I walk through grass so soft.
I walk toward the stream nearest me.
as I approach I hear the sound of water spilling and splashing.
I kneel down.
I reach my hand down into water icy cold.
the current too swift to see a reflection,
yet I know. I feel. this is my Abba.
I sense His presence as never before.
He is kind and gentle and loving
and strong and powerful
and tender and compassionate
all wrapped up in grace indescribable
and tied with a ribbon of mercy.
my heart stops as the picture
forms in my mind of a daddy
who loves me with love so boundless.
so high.
so deep.
so wide.
so long.
tears
run
down
my
face
like the rain.
I stand and make my way into the stream.
the current pulls but His hand holds me fast.
I reach the other side and enter tall grasses again.
I walk with sun warming my body as a blanket warms.
the love of my Abba permeates to the depth of my soul.
I approach the second stream with water whispering.
beside that water so still and quiet I bend down.
as I see my reflection. my eyes widen in disbelief,
for the reflection staring back at me
is not the me I know.
it is Jesus.
I look deep into His eyes
as He looks deep into mine.
words cannot describe the intensity
and passion I see. I am seeing me as HE sees me.
I am seeing me as my Abba sees me. and I will never be the same.
after a time I rise and wade into the stream so peaceful.
with each step, ripples reach out, one after another,
until the glassy surface is
but one ripple
and I know in a heartbeat that all
who see me will know that I am different.
I walk through more grasses, following a faint path.
I have not been here before yet sense that I have.
I am following One whom I cannot see yet can see.
I approach what resembles a castle on the hill
from which the one river flows,
for this is where the two streams
began as one.
I see a door.
I see a large door
so beautiful,
so inviting.
all of a sudden I know.
I AM HOME.
I enter with trembling step, not sure what I will find.
I stand just inside that door, eyes wide, and I hear His voice.
"My child, welcome home. what is Mine, is yours, for you are Mine.
your heart has found its home in My heart.
your heart now beats to the rhythm of My heart.
this home, this castle, this pasture, this spacious land
is all yours, My child.
wherever you go, you are home,
for wherever you go, I am there.
the day will come when you are HOME with Me forever...
yet the beauty is this...you are home now!
for your heart has found its home in My heart.
I love you beyond words. My heart lives to hear your heart.
your beauty is beyond description for you are covered
in the clothes of My Son...radiant and shimmering white.
once you step through the door, you are beyond the cross
and no place can equal.
no place can compare.
as you live in My heart
you will know what it is to be cherished.
you will know what it is to be treasured.
and as you abide in this reality
you will radiate
you will reflect
you will glow
with all that is Me.
welcome home, My child.
welcome home to My arms of love."
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