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old story(1/7/09)

I stand there at the edge, holding tightly to my friend's hand.
The others stand not too far behind us.
We are a group-- a family, my dear dear friends.
All i know, next, is that I'm falling.
Somehow i managed to fall off the cliff edge into the dark abyss below.
My arms flail and i open my mouth to scream but no sound is heard.
My eyes are locked to my companion.
My friend continues to stand there-- hand still outstretched to me when I'd fallen.
I can see the pain and intense loss on his face, but he makes no move to save me.
The one I've been holding so close to my heart, the people there, just stare in sadness.
While i thought all this, I'd barely noticed that i had hit the bottom.
But it wasn't like i really hit it.
All i could sense was that I was just on the ground.
I didn't know how i really got there because i felt nothing.
And yet as i lay there, motionlessly sprawled out, I knew they were gone.
And i was just left there-- broken.

I call.
You answer.
And You came to my rescue
And I want to be where You are
I call.
You answer.
And You came to my rescue
And I want to be where You are (hillsong)

I meet Him in the middle of the white room.
His eyes shine and He greets me with this radiant smile that melts my heart.
He says my name and extends both of His arms out to me.
Shaking and heart pounding, i go to Him.
He wraps His arms around me so tight that i feel this wholeness and oneness.
I shake with sobs as He holds me.
He whispers my secret name between only the two of us, along with endearing words of love and affection.
Slowly He pulls away, to look at my face in sheer joy and pride.
Although He still clings to my hands.
And thats when i notice the people surrounding us with linked hands also.
These are the glowing faces of my dear and loved friends.
He leans in to whisper to me again.
"And this is how it should be: them supporting our love to one another."