My heart was aching.
So much of everything unexpected ran me over.
I could not believe what my eyes were witnessing.
Was all this real? Or just a horrible nightmare?

I couldn’t wake up.
I wanted to scream, but I had no sound.
In my chest formed a void..
My only feeling was hopeless despair.

The air around me became a grave..
I had no strength left.
So I laid down on the ground
And waited for the inevitable.

Some time later I heard footsteps.
They were approaching my grave.
The sound grew louder as it came closer,
And I could hear they were many.

In the atmosphere there was a restlessness.
I heard the crowd inquiring, expecting.
And then… nothing.
Just heavy silence.

We’re did they go?

Or have I died?

Is this the end?

…

And suddenly,  I heard a thundering voice!
He was calling my name..

My whole being came alive in a split of a second!
He was my Love!
How could I die?! I cannot die!
I ran outside to meet Him..

I fell down at His feet and wept.
The crowd was filled with wonder.
I was alive! I didn’t mind the staring..
They were wowed.

Like Lazarus He called me out,
His voice ripped death from within me!
He is my Hope, He is my Light.
The very air I’m breathing!

And now, I’ll never leave His side.
We march into the unknown together.
I was born for such a time as this!
We’ll bring the New Day together.

He is my King.
He is my all.
My Kinsman-Redeemer!

The One Who Opens
And no man can close.
The One and Only Jesus!