A sun is setting upon the waters of blue and white. Not a cloud in the sky, birds are flying home. I know still waters run deep, and I know the journey ahead carves lines and stories deeper than ocean fathoms. There are treasures buried beneath the tongues of sea monsters, and now we are finally taking out swords, dusty from misplacement, disuse. This battle is unprecedented, unpredictable, and all the storms in the world are bringing us closer.
I look behind at the beaten path I have walked upon for months. How did we lose the innocence we once had, how did we learn so much about a world we always hid? In the evening light, I remember what it means to be promised. Like kisses from doves, I watch what I once knew fly away like coloured ribbons, torn and unraveling forever.
In the distant ripples, I make out sparkles like stardust from heaven. Night has come early. Living life like a prayer, I stand with my hands on the rail, watching the sky glow and whisper secrets of worlds unknown. How did I come to this place where life was a journey of battles? When will God lay this war to rest?
I know the best of us are suffering and tormented day after day. My fear cannot keep me down. In my worry I asked, “Do you love him?” And there was no doubt. I want to put on this armour of God and fight to free the ones I love. I love them too much to let this oppression continue. I know exactly what it’s like, to live under darkness and the invisible, and how can it be that they are plagued at all angles? This evil must end. And with the power of the Lord who brings us forth in this battle, I know we are not lost. Christ’s love covers all, saves us and heals us for always…
I have no idea what lies ahead in this flight like no other. But I know God ordained the events of my life for a reason, for a time. For such a time as this.
I call upon the power of the Lord, to be by our sides as we fight and find our freedom in You. You alone give us the strength and authority over darkness. You alone bring us into victory.
This journey of dreams is fast fading, dissolving and evolving into something I’ve never come up against before. A faceless monster rearing from the churning black ocean, menacing and looming. But in the descending darkness, there is unfailing light. God whispers to my heart, “My angels are with you. I am with you every step you take, every place you be. We will prevail against this darkness.”
Time is running out on me, and there is so much strength I still need to find, so much faith I need…to calm this storm. A raindrop falls and trickles slowly down my cheek…a kiss from the unknown. And the last of the sun dips into the abyss…
When we set sail in thirty days, I will be ready.
