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Lord Jesus Christ |
Close your eyes |
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Look and follow my lead |
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Scribe |
Yes my Lord |
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Thank you |
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Lord Jesus Christ |
What do you see |
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Scribe |
Your eyes |
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Lord Jesus Christ |
Remain |
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What do you see |
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Scribe |
Calm acceptance |
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Lord Jesus Christ |
Remain |
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What do you see |
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Scribe |
You stepping backward. The
scope of what I see expanding |
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Your arms outstretched to
encompass the expansion |
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Lord Jesus Christ |
Good. Remain |
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And what are you seeing |
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Scribe |
A sunlit field of green grass |
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And you standing with your arms
outstretched |
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Almost as if on the cross – but
not |
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Telling me to look, to look |
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But all I see is an empty field
of green grass – sunlit |
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You |
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There is the dense forest behind
you |
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It is dark there |
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You are stepping backward ever
closer
Toward the dense forest |
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There are trees |
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Oh dear Lord |
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You are stepping into the forest |
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Walking backward still |
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Still your arms outstretched |
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Still looking at me |
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Still smiling – almost grinning |
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I don’t want you to go into the
forest |
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Lord Jesus Christ |
Don’t want nor don’t don’t want |
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Just look and see |
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Keep looking. Anticipate
nothing |
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For nothing more may happen |
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Just look |
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Scribe |
You are stepping forward out of
the forest |
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With a young person on each arm |
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You are stepping forward
Almost as if your arms are branches |
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And the young people are sitting
on them |
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And you are bringing them out
into the light |
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Into the green field |
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And now you do this |
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Many times, repeatedly,
blindingly fast |
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And now the field is full of
children, young people
Young adults, old people |
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Each blade of grass replaced by a
person – almost |
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Lord Jesus Christ |
Yes – almost |
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For there are still many empty
patches are there not |
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Holes between people |
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Holes where you can see grass |
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Grass upon which a human should
be standing but is not |
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He or she is not there |
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They are still in the forest |
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There are many, many such holes |
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There are many, many such souls |
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Now, look some more |
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Look and see |
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Scribe |
You are stepping backward into
the forest again |
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The people on the field are
looking at you |
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But they are as in a daze |
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And you are tired |
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And there are many souls left to
bring out of the forest |
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And you are tired |
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And there are so many places they
could be in |
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It is hard to find them all |
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It is hard to even know where to
look |
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For they are hiding |
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For they are afraid |
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Why they are
afraid of you! |
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Lord Jesus Christ |
Why, tell me, why are they afraid
of me |
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Scribe |
Because they had not acknowledged
you before |
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Because they have been taught
that they are sinful |
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They are ashamed |
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Or they feel that you would not
approve of them |
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Lord Jesus Christ |
And then dear one what is your
conclusion |
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Scribe |
That others must lead them out of
the forest |
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Others who do not frighten them |
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Lord Jesus Christ |
Exactly! |
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Exactly so! |
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Others who do not frighten them |
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And a little child shall lead
them |
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For who is less threatening than
a little child |
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What could possibly be less
threatening to anyone
Than a little girl |
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And so it is |
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And so it shall be |
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A little child shall lead them |
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For they will not be afraid of
this little child |
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It will not occur to them to be
afraid of her |
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For this child will look at them
With the same look of calm acceptance |
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That you earlier saw in me |
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She will have learned that look
from me |
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And she will look so at those
remaining |
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She will look at them with calm
acceptance |
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And they will see a little girl |
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And will feel confident to follow
that little girl out of the forest |
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There will be no shame in them |
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They will follow her easily |
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For if she a mere little girl can
do it |
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Certainly they can! |
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And so they do! |
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And so they do |
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And now dear one |
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If you have the strength |
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May we continue? |
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Scribe |
Please Lord give me the strength |
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Yes Lord please, please continue |
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Lord Jesus Christ |
Look at the little girl |
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What is she doing? |
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Scribe |
She is skipping about |
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She is jumping rope |
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