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GUESS WHAT; I TRIED SOMETHING BRAND NEW TODAY. ACTUALLY FORMED A LETTER TO A FRIEND I HADN'T SEEN IN AGES. A FRIEND WHOSE PRESENCE I SENSE DAY BY DAY. SOMETIMES I WONDER WHY WE ALWAYS WAIT FOR THE OTHER PERSON TO MAKE THE FIRST MOVE? WHAT ARE WE AFRAID OF? ARE WE TOO PROUD TO REACH OUT, OR ARE WE JUST STUCK IN A RUT. YOU SAY, “WHY CHANGE THINGS WHEN I FEEL SO SAFE”. SAFE FROM WHAT? SAFE FROM CHANGE, SAFE FROM OTHER PEOPLE, OR SAFE FROM YOURSELF? OH, I KNOW, SAFE IS BETTER THAN SORRY. SAYS WHO? WE GET ONE SHOT AT THIS THING CALLED ‘LIFE IN THE FLESH’, AND THEN MAKE THE MISTAKE OF WALKING IN SOMEONE ELSE’S SHADOW.” WELL, AT LEAST MAYBE THEY’LL LIKE ME”, YOU SAY. I SAY, WHO CARES. NOW, LET ME GET BACK TO THE POINT, BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHERE I’M COMING FROM.
FIRST, I THOUGHT OF WHAT I WOULD SAY IF I WERE FACE TO FACE WITH THIS PERSON. THEN I STARTED TYPING MY LETTER LIKE A PIANO PLAYER KNOWS HIS KEYS. THE LETTER WAS SHORT, IT WAS NICE, AND IT WAS REAL. NOT A WORD RETURNED TO ME EMPTY. IT WAS LIKE, TRUTH MEETING UP WITH TRUTH. THAT'S ME, FREE TO EXPERIENCE, FREE TO GROW.
PSALM 42:1 AS THE HART PANTETH AFTER THE WATER BROOKS, SO PANTETH MY SOUL AFTER THEE, O GOD.