It
all began with God…
God
opened the black scroll of the universe
He
said one word
Light
sparked in darkness
Life
pulsed in emptiness
Creation
inhaled and exhaled glorifying God
God
created man and exhaled into him
Man
inhaled life and exhaled with breath of wonder, praise, joy
Then
the fall came…
A
whisper that started it all
“You
can be like God, just inhale this suggestion
You
could live and breathe without God.”
Man
inhaled the enticing idea
Its
intoxicating scent seeped into him
Making
his choice
Death
entered
A
severance in trust
God
gasped
“What happened?” He asked
“I
didn’t do it,” man gulped
A
death in the heart of man
God
wept and tells man
“You
hurt Me, so you cannot stay.”
From
welcome to expulsion
From
life to death
Death
Mindful
of man God made Himself small
By
writing Himself into His story
He became
a Man
A
character of the story
He
approached man
But
he did not recognize Him
God
had shown him how to restore the bond
He
call him back
But
addicted to the whisper man did not care
Comfortable
in darkness he did not want to be in the light
So
adapted to death, life disgusted him
God
wept again
He
extended His hands to man
“Come
home, Son,” He implored
Man
took those hands and pierced them
Man
poisoned by the whispered lies hurt God with a passion
God
sighed grief
His
heart broken again
His
side was punctured
His
life
His
breath
trickled
out
Man
laughed
then
wept
and
said
“I
have no home.
I
have no One.
I
brought this.
I
don’t
want
this.”
“I
forgive you, Son.”
God
said,
“Come
home.”
God
lives and breathes again.
So
what will man do?
Continue
to die
In
pain
In
loneliness
In
homelessness?
Or
inhale from God once again,
Exhale
in gratitude
And
live
In
love,
In
joy,
And
in peace?
Remember
It
was God who said,
“All
is forgiven. Come home, Son”
