(I was inspired by this brilliant piece of music, and I recommend Lacey Sturm's music and the band she once was the singer for known as Flyleaf.) 1064Please respect copyright.PENANAtQg2Guo6Uw
Once upon a child with a mind like a tempest, was a dream that lay dormant inside the child's soul.1064Please respect copyright.PENANAC8Sjts2pck
Now, the child knew of the dream's existence, but didn't care for it.1064Please respect copyright.PENANAkAMlyEwzCZ
You see, the child had a problem that many in this life counted by days would never face.1064Please respect copyright.PENANAeRxAMaUYep
The child did not exist.1064Please respect copyright.PENANAkmrWQns0ox
Though he lived and breathed in the world of every human, he was unfamiliar with the concepts of the world, for before his birth he was made nonexistent and his soul was brought to a world that could only half-exist.1064Please respect copyright.PENANASWPKJkNAbG
When the child was brought to the world of the normal humans, no one understood him.1064Please respect copyright.PENANAPwgqSNtctE
No one heard him. No blood was related to his.1064Please respect copyright.PENANA8ufWSTKvmm
To all he met, he was considered nonexistent not only because of his difference in personality, but also in appearance.1064Please respect copyright.PENANAqM4TrWGm1b
The child wasn't like all children with their rosy cheeks and their soft hands.1064Please respect copyright.PENANAfxyT902LQA
He was a child that was scrawny, with a face of hopelessness and sorrow.1064Please respect copyright.PENANAvDf2QVcXWs
He had unkempt hair and bruises on his face.1064Please respect copyright.PENANAgvCHn0RxwX
Because of this, he was abused and rejected by other humans.1064Please respect copyright.PENANAmVYOTQHat5
And because of this, his dream slept coldly inside his soul.1064Please respect copyright.PENANAd0wKKNovAs
Until one day...1064Please respect copyright.PENANA3rLHNKw3sY
A man of sorrow and pain stood alone at the edge of his life.1064Please respect copyright.PENANAz5So9esM5R
A roaring storm raged around him.1064Please respect copyright.PENANAa99dmRVtMv
Thunder drummed loudly and lightning shot all around.1064Please respect copyright.PENANA0cBJBiz2C4
The sky was a dark grey with clouds that were spun by the unsettling winds.1064Please respect copyright.PENANAs05X4eCsdZ
However, the man did not feel the setting around him.1064Please respect copyright.PENANAepA6QDAIii
He did not feel wonder or worry. Peace nor fight.1064Please respect copyright.PENANAiohYEgYj5J
He only felt emptiness and lamentation.1064Please respect copyright.PENANA6DwTL0cVvE
The man had questioned for so long what the purpose of his life was ever since he was a child that never existed.1064Please respect copyright.PENANA5lWgEZc8Hb
He had lost all hope of ever dreaming and he had decided that the only way to ever feel alive was for him to die.1064Please respect copyright.PENANAbzdK1oxmXz
As he looked down where only jagged rocks like knives lay, he breathed a silent sentence and let himself fall with the tears that he had held inside for so long.1064Please respect copyright.PENANAku32GDCXSj
The child opened his eyes.1064Please respect copyright.PENANAtJTJIwgEEA
Crystal blue water surrounded him and bright light shone in front of him.1064Please respect copyright.PENANAvkpRhDRStP
A figure of a man walked towards him.1064Please respect copyright.PENANAHZgJV6L6aV
The figure was beyond extravagant, with robes of white and a face that shone brighter than the sun itself. 1064Please respect copyright.PENANAbSROC78FwA
He held his nail-pierced hands out wide and walked to the child.1064Please respect copyright.PENANA2O85cHv2jR
"Do not be afraid, my child." began the man, whose voice was both powerful and peaceful, "For I am with you."1064Please respect copyright.PENANAK1VX1RHPf8
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The child, who trembled at the sight of the man and all of his brilliance, stared at him with eyes that grew with a wonder.1064Please respect copyright.PENANAxPLFu45nVo
Why would any man speak to him? What was the man's intentions behind his words?1064Please respect copyright.PENANAw41dlpqcXs
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"Do not hold onto to the pains of your past and what others say to you, for words of no worth fade in the end." said the man.1064Please respect copyright.PENANAeHZeiwcUep
"But how can I do so if I am all alone?" asked the child in a weak and silent voice.1064Please respect copyright.PENANAU3rTAf7Iml
"You may feel alone in your battle in this life, with everyone you meet trying their best to bring you down, but if you hold onto the One who was given you life, you will never be alone."1064Please respect copyright.PENANAqf4GV5Bd0N
"But I have no purpose. I don't exist. Why would anyone stand beside me?" asked the child.1064Please respect copyright.PENANAMjQMCOgueK
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The man smiled and knelt down so that he could be at the same height of the child.1064Please respect copyright.PENANAjmCdGKsfUy
"My child, you do have a purpose. You have a purpose that comes in the form of a dream. You have been given this dream so that you may fulfill it, but not alone.1064Please respect copyright.PENANA5YdcIXzZfG
For every dream is created so that it may glorify the Lord above, and if man was to accomplish a dream alone, the dream would become dead. The Lord has been waiting for you to let Him into you so that your questioning of existence may cease and that you may find rest in Him.1064Please respect copyright.PENANAtUBoGtsOk8
You do exist, even if others don't believe that you do. You do not exist because of them, but because of the One who was died for you."1064Please respect copyright.PENANAau8FzdTzoJ
"I...I..." began the boy. His voice trembled and tears began to fall. The words of the man had pierced though a storm that was dark and horrid, a storm that haunted the boy. 1064Please respect copyright.PENANAz3pfXEkrAH
"Who...are you?" whispered the boy.1064Please respect copyright.PENANAZNPM9WfR76
"I Am." replied the man, wiping away the timid child's tears.1064Please respect copyright.PENANA1JH2dI5msa
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The child looked at the man. His face was brighter and his hand were held out wide.1064Please respect copyright.PENANAtPeQyyaYT2
The boy noticed scars from nails on the man's wrists.1064Please respect copyright.PENANA1amuWOmm38
At that moment, the boy knew who he spoke to and he began to cry tears of relief.1064Please respect copyright.PENANAtDsyyC7XnL
The boy fell into the man's arms and the man held the child assuredly.1064Please respect copyright.PENANAkforWp2GXC
"I tell you this, your pain and trials of this life are far from over, but you will never be alone, for I have felt all your pain and I shall stand with you till and after your end has come."1064Please respect copyright.PENANA9DW3ZTnoc7
"Thank you..." replied the child.1064Please respect copyright.PENANAvPT5Nf3Nu7
At that moment, the crystal blue separated and the light of the man took over the surroundings.1064Please respect copyright.PENANAF8AQ0Ach8r
The man of sorrow and pain opened his eyes and stood up.1064Please respect copyright.PENANAXO7w2OEscO
The sea flowed gently and the sky was colored with a sunset of brilliance, with stars that fell gently into the sea.1064Please respect copyright.PENANAch3UhvzsOO
The man smiled a smile that he had never before.1064Please respect copyright.PENANAaF2XNpsI07
He smiled peacefully.1064Please respect copyright.PENANAcraEqVTHxX
For he, the man who had once not existed, had found a purpose though the storm that had held under waters of chaos for so long. 1064Please respect copyright.PENANA4ZwBrW6nzC
He found something to hold onto, something to keep him breathing, something to keep him alive...and he was going to chase it till the end if his days.1064Please respect copyright.PENANAWDQ5hToqtg