Daughter, if you could see
What I see,
You would know
The only way is
Through.
Believe in me,
That I see.
When you believe that I see
Then you will see,
But only after you’ve gone
Through.
Daughter, did I shy from difficult?
Did I stop when I felt
Pain?
My daughter, I felt more
Than pain,
Worry,
Suffering,
More than every insult, every bite of
Resistance.
Daughter, I felt so you could
See.
Do you see?
Close your eyes, and
Believe when you can’t
See.
What you feel does not change it.
What you experience does not push me
Away.
Whatever you believe makes me want
To draw near.
My daughter, my love,
I AM here,
And I see all that is for
You.
Do you not see?
Then close your eyes.
Close to all that
Distracts,
All that lies,
Shows what might.
Only I AM what is.
Believe what you saw
The day you chose,
The day I came for you,
Pain forgotten,
Cost forgotten,
Remembering you.
My daughter, believe.
Believe what I did so that we
Would never feel or be
Apart.
Close your eyes.
Close your eyes and see.
I’m larger, grander, more prominent
Than the darkness.
Do you see?
Do you know?
Do you believe?
My daughter, close your eyes.
Close your eyes so I may
Lead.
Close your eyes so I can show you
Everything.
Close your eyes so you will remember.
Close your eyes so you will see
What is, what will always
Be.
Outside of me, there is
Nothing to see,
nothing to do, nothing to
Be.
With me is everything.
Only close your eyes.
When you open, you will
See that
I will still
Be.
When you open, nothing will have changed
What you felt
With eyes closed,
When all was quiet,
When you felt the world go, felt everything disappear
Into darkness.
That was me, banishing
All that separates us.
Open your eyes, my love.
Open your eyes and
See
Feel
Know
Be.
See Matthew 13:1-23; James 1:2-18
These links share just a glimpse of the story God is telling us. When you have time, read a chapter or two around the verses to get the context and see the whole picture. My preferred Bible translation is the New Living Translation, so all links will be in that version.