I stood there watching

as people were hurting.

I felt their pain,

shared in their grief,

and drank in their despair.

With every painful throb

of a broken heart,

my own heart was crushed;

with every anguished cry I heard,

my ears were shattered

with every desperate face I saw,

my spirit was wrenched.

Yet I kept on watching

and listening -

unable to turn away

from the sorrows and miseries before me.

I needed to decide

either to help or to turn away

I had a choice, you know,

to shun those images and cries

and to simply forget about them.

But that’s NOT my nature.

I wanted to reach out

and save you

from your desolation,

as LOVE is my essence,

and I had the power, you know,

and I know

that nobody can do it,

except ME.

So I had to enter your world

to be in your midst.

I needed to be one of you

to let you know I’m here.

I knocked on your doors.

But only a few have let me in,

accepted my gift,

and made me a part of their lives.

Some of you have chosen

to ignore me and my words;

and many of you have even

degraded me, mocked me,

and deliberately rejected me.

Yet, as some of you

may have found out by now,

I’m neither easily deterred,

nor instantly discouraged.

I don’t give up.

I am persistent.

I will wait till the last moment

of your life.

I will relentlessly pursue you,

as it is my desire

to let you experience

real joy, divine peace,

unconditional love,

and eternal life,

which I, and ONLY I,

can give.

To those who’ve done so,

I will remain faithful.

To those who haven’t yet,  

I will stay obstinate

in my stand to make you mine

as I designed it to be,

even before the world began.

That’s why I had to come.

That’s why I had to leave my throne

because I wanted

to take you with me -

that where I am,

there you may be also.