THE JOURNEY TO MEET MY FRIEND

He’s farther down the road and I’m so sure that’s Him.
I see His eyes sparkling like the stars even though I’m far away;
I see His hair waving in the breeze;
I see His robe whiter than snow,
With a gold sash around Him.
His smile…OMG! I cannot comprehend and it’s sooo clear even from a far distance.
He’s calling me, I’m sure; I see His arms open wide and His fingers going back and forth.
This makes me leap for joy! Then i begin to draw closer to Him.
The road is all clear for a while and soon enough, my legs begin to move even faster and I begin to get more excited.
It was unconsciously that I stumbled over a little stone but I kept going.
I saw an even bigger stone but i managed to dodge it.
A time came when i began to see stones much bigger, then little rocks, then bigger rocks, then hills and mountains.
They blocked every corner i tried to get through.
Then the pathways became even smaller, for the stumbling blocks had taken over the rest of the space.
Wherever I tried to run, I saw another one. Then I began to slow down for fear of hitting against anyone.
As I moved forward, I looked ahead but couldn’t see my friend anymore.
Wasn’t He still there? I asked.
I didn’t know the way anymore, for my friend wasn’t in sight.
I searched and searched and tried to go on but my strength couldn’t carry me any farther.
Then I started to consider giving up. Wasn’t it better for me to find my way back to where I first started the journey than to continue going to where I didn’t know?
Then I turned my back. It was going to be an easier journey back because I’d been there before.
Just when I’d taken two steps on my way, I saw a bright light; it was coming from behind me. This reminded me of my friend and I wept for I wanted to see Him but I continued.
Two steps I took again and the light shone still but I kept moving.
Another two steps and the light shone even brighter.
Then I decided to look behind me. I saw that the light had been shining more than ever and I got the feeling that it had to be my friend calling again.
When i turned to look at the way I was going, I realized I would have to make my way through so many hills, rocks and stones. Then I looked to the direction of the light.
It was then I realized I had gone too far from where I started and it was just a short distance to my friend; I only needed the courage to get through a few more hills.
But how could I go back, after He was so ready to receive me and I had given up on Him? I still loved him.
But the light kept shining and I had a conviction that He had not given up on me; He was still waiting patiently and eagerly for me to come to Him.
I lept for joy inside of me. As I turned to continue the journey to see my friend and walked carefully through the small paths, the light shone even brighter; it got closer and closer.
When I was almost tired, I lifted up my head and behold, I saw my friend in front of me. He had drawn closer to me Himself.
He placed His arm on my shoulder, He smiled. Then He said, “you did well for deciding to turn back; don’t be disappointed, I still love you. I never stopped”.
Seeing that i was tired and my robes were wet, torn and dirty, He took out a robe, one just as white as His and put it on me. Then He said, ” I have made you like me”.
He then wiped my face and my wounds, carried me through the rest of the journey, gave me a special room in His house and treated me to something very nice.
When I was full and felt revived, I went to say Thank You to Him. Before my words could be completed, He took me in His arms and gave me a BIG HUG. I couldn’t stand it. My heart just melted in His as I returned the hug ❤
I knew I had come home! 😊

Friends, this is just talking about how we face many obstacles on this journey of faith to meet our Lord. Even when we give up on Him and when we don’t trust Him anymore, He loves us and still wants us. He finds us when we are lost, accepts us just as we are and cleanses us. He makes us like Himself, Holy and spotless; justified. He treats us as His own and shows us Love that has absolutely no bounds! 😃