my sweet child

Sweet child, I ask you. Let’s try one more time.

My love,  I see that you’ve been gone for awhile, and we haven’t chatted in ages. I can feel the distance growing between us.

Friends and family have overcome your time, and we became distant. Excuses come and go like the wind and yet, your feet are planted away from me.

Years ago you walked into the Church, and someone might have said something hurtful. Their words have become seared into your brain, and lingered in your heart.

That was the last time you stepped into my home.

Life continues on around you, and I see you crying yourself asleep almost every night. You used to come to me when life was this hard, and yet you don’t trust me anymore. 

Gentle, beloved, courageous child of mine. Those people that have hurt you do not speak for me. The world around you does not reflect my heart, it is not my design.

I created you to walk beside me, you are a reflection of my love. Those around you are just a broken image of me.

I lay beside you at night, mourning every last tear drop that rushes down your face. I promise you, I am here for you.

You are loved.

You are worthy for my love. Not due to anything you could ever say or do, only because you are mine.

I will be here patiently waiting for you. I will be here with open arms for the day you decide to come home.

Until then, I will always be by your side. No matter how far you feel you have wandered, I promise I will be there. Even when it all feels impossible, I am here with you.

I promise.

So let me ask you once again,

Let’s try one more time.

Romans 8:38-39

Psalm 139:7-14

2 Peter 3:9