She is resting in the shadows
of the One she loves most
The place she unknowingly
longed for
she has found
No longer controlled by
her past and her fears
Her heart now runs free
She knows the true
meaning of love
Found it when she was
brought to her knees
Nowhere to turn she chose
to embrace what was
handed to her
In the midst of her enemies
she was stripped
Humiliated, laughed at
The talk of the town
People knew her better
than she knew herself
Unknowingly she was
right where Father wanted
her all along….dead
Oh what a price of dying and surrender she had to pay!
She could relate with the
woman with the alabaster jar
She once was lost,
broken
and in pain
Now restored
by the love
of the Father
As she entered His presence
The religious disapprove of
her presence
If they could get rid of her
They certainly would have
With all eyes on her
She pressed in, when
they wanted her to run
She did not care about
the whispers, the sighs,
the dirty looks
Her eyes were glued to
the One called Love
Everyone else faded
to the background
A sacred moment between
two laid down lovers
Forever remembered and treasured by other laid down lovers
In the midst of many enemies
She poured her symbol of
love on the One who
showed her love
Uncovering the hearts of
the religious
Who never had an encounter with His fragrant love
Her heart was laid bare
As she washed Jesus’ feet with
her tears and wiped it with her hair
They saw glimpses
of what they never experienced
Love in all its facets
Between a sinner and her Saviour
who experienced redemption
and love
A place Jesus lures His
laid down lovers to
Only them and Jesus know
about the sacrifices, the daily dying, the rejection and hard processes they endured
They endured joyfully for what
they have found
Can never be compared to anything this world has to offer
Jesus knew the significance
of this sacred moment
Of a remnant bride that
would follow His lead
Sold out to His Kingdom
Changed into His image
by hard processes
Desperate to linger in His presence
Who would know Him as their First Love, their Restorer, their Healer, their Deliver, their Best Friend!
~ Ebigale Wilson
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