Follow Me!
Abba whispered,
Do you love Me?
Follow Me.
Into the Wilderness of Weakness
I followed.
Feet blistered,
A fever, an inferno engulfed,
self-will burned away
Abba carried me through.
Abba whispered,
Do you love Me?
Follow Me.
To the Water’s of Desperation”
Blacken cold waters of depression
Sucked downward by the
stanchly muck of self-pity
desperate arms thrust around Abba!
Abba carried me to the other side.
Abba whispered,
Do you love Me?
Follow Me.
Climbing upward into the
The Foothills of Fleshly Desire
Rocky outcrops hid
roaring lions of lust
Behind bolder lurked
Leopards of Lust
Secret pits filled with
Vipers of Physical Pleasure
Crevices concealed
Scorpions of Addiction,
I stumbled!
Abba’s right reached out and took hold,
He declared,
You shall not be
Cast down!
Abba carried me over.
Abba whispered,
Do you love Me?
Follow Me.
Abba pulled out from His
Heart Strings of Love
and wove together
His Golden Cord of Love
then bound me to
His bosom
We ascended together
The Mount of Complacency,
Over the Maze of Laziness,
above the Pits of Apathy,
Abba carried me on His Wings
high above the clouds
to His Garden Plateau
The Garden of Regeneration
Here I walked and rested
by the side of Abba
He taught and spoke of
Hope for the things not yet seen
I feasted upon
Ripen Grapes of Forgiveness
Manna of Truth
and drank of
Blood Red Wine
for the cleansing of all sin,
Upon lush green grass
I laid which restored my soul.
Hand in hand we crossed the garden,
to the place where two paths cross,
One path up the side of a great mountain,
another down into a deep,
dark, fog covered Valley.
With loving eyes Abba spoke,
Today you must choose,
The way you want to go.
The mountain path was steep,
with many a jagged,
razor-sharp pinnacles to scale,
High atop the mountain
looked to be a great treasure,
gleaming a beckoning,
In an alluring song.
The valley path went,
down, down into cold emptiness,
with cries of helpless brokenness
echoing from the darkness.
Abba I cried,
Let us climb the mountain,
together we can gain the
treasure.
Loving and painstakingly Abba answered,
No, I will not go with you
to the mountain top.
Do you love Me?
Follow Me.
Down, down the steep valley trail
I followed as the
the cries of helplessness
groans of emptiness echoed louder.
Abba came to a fallen log
we sat together.
Abba spoke,
Today you followed Me past
The Mountain of Worldly Ambition and Glory
which leads to eternal death.
In this valley you shall learn
To be the eyes of the blind,
bind the wounds
of the wounded,
Be a shepherd,
to the lost.
In this valley
My words will become your words
your heart shall become
My heart.
You shall now share
in My suffering
which is My Glory.
There is an even greater treasure
on the other side of the valley,
that shall be your Hope,
an eternal life in paradise
with Me.
You love Me.
Follow Me into
The Valley of
Sorrows,
Sufferings,
and
Sour Tears.
