Chased

 

 

 

Here I am.

 

A little girl again.

And I am running.

I am in a forest.

And it is dark and cold and miserable.

I am lost.

I am afraid.

I am crying.

 

All I want is to be found.

All I want to be cherished.

All I want is to be picked up.

To hear my name and go running.

I dream of being found.

I want to be seen.

I want to know that I mean something.

 

I am chasing.

What am I chasing you ask.

I don't know.

I am chasing after someone I don't even know.

Chasing after a warmth that my little heart,

Has never even felt.

I am chasing a love that I can barely comprehend.

 

I don't know what security feels like.

I don't know what freedom feels like.

I am chained to my pain.

I am condemned to be a wanderer.

I am bruised, shaken, and torn.

I am broken.

I am lost.

 

Then in a moment, I realize that I am not alone.

I am standing here in the darkness, crying.

And I feel light touch my heart.

I hear a voice but I look around,

And no one is there.

Yet I feel my heart lift.

I have been noticed.

 

Not only have I been noticed,

But I have been found.

He took my hand and drew me in.

He wiped away my tears, my fears, my shame.

He said to me,

"My daughter, here you are.

I have been looking for you all this time."

 

Suddenly the chaser becomes the chased.

Suddenly the broken becomes the blessed.

The downtrodden becomes victorious.

The lost becomes found.

The invisible is set on fire.

The little girl is swept off her feet.

She was chased until she was found.

 

And she is worthy.

She is loved.

She is important.

She is beautiful.

She is not ashamed.

She does not hide her face.

She is Chased.

 

God wrote us a beautiful love story that many people cannot comprehend. He wrote us a story of passion and pursuit. Imagine that for a moment. Imagine that God is pursuing you. He is seeking you out. He wants to know your name.

 

It doesn't matter what you have done, or who you have become. It doesn't matter how lost you feel, or how desperate that you are. God pursues you. He wants to find you.

 

Eve messed up. And she was scared. The weight of the world was on her shoulders. She had disobeyed God. She was shame itself. She hid from God, no longer feeling worthy of His presence. Yet, God asked Eve where she was. In the midst of her shame and regret, God asked where Eve was. God wanted to be around her, still wanted her presence.

 

God is chasing after you. God is yearning to show you His love. To sweep you off your feet. To find you. To love you. To make you feel worthy again.

 

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