Do you see me, do you truly see me?
Or do your eyes deceive you, do they cause you to be blind?
AM I special, AM I a priority?
Do you live your life with me on the sidelines
Do you live your life with me by your side?
Do I consume your every thought
Do I consume any of your thoughts at all?
Where AM I in your life?
Is there room for me in your life
Is there room for me in your heart
Or AM I shoved aside?
Do you yell at me to leave you alone
Do you see me as a ghost haunting you
Do you see me as an angel concerning you
Do you see me as the Spirit speaking ever-gently?
Do you hear my voice?
Are things so loud, too noisy, too busy?
Do you hear silence, nothingness, darkness?
How do you miss my voice
Do you even try to train your ear?
Even sheep recognize the voice of the shepherd…
And yet my voice seems to go unheard so often.
Why is there silence between us
Why is there this rift
Why do you refuse my reaching hand?
Why do you run from my love and grace,
Run instead of learning to stay with me,
Stay with me and learn to trust,
Learn to have joy despite your circumstance?
Why do you not find home with me
Why do you not find peace in me
Why do you think I AM not enough
Why do you seek elsewhere for justification?
Why seek the approval from others,
When I have already approved,
Approved and told you to move forward,
To move forward and Go?
Why do you question me
Why do you look away
Why feel conviction and run,
Why feel conviction and hide,
Why feel conviction and ignore?
I AM Jesus THE Christ!
But who do you say I AM?
Who AM I in your life,
What do your actions and words say?
Who do you say I AM?
-Mark 8:29
~ Daniel
