promises for the runaways

Your weak in the knees, your heart's bent for all it has seen.

And you stumble, yes, on the not-so-good days, you stumble begging for the light.

Cause your day has been dark and plagued with moments, draining the life out of you.
You're nothing but an empty shell, crying out to be filled again.

you've exhausted your prayers and God, He, seems to be scarce.

He's out of sight, but not out of mind.

Because deep in the dusty crevices of your heart, you know
His promises have been kept quaintly to His word.

You know it to be true, don't you?

You've seen the wilderness before; you've walked the dusty roads
and on into rejoicing.

Because Your Maker, He's always been,
&
He's always been enough.

His love is never silenced.
It's always singing.

Call out. Cry out.
Awake from your sleep, sweet child.

he'll come.

He always comes.

Those tears you've poured out onto your pillow are counted.
Those cries that have fallen onto deaf ears are heard.
Those struggles are known.
Those hidden pieces of your heart longing for love are seen.

You run.
You run the opposite way.

You run to people.
You runaway.

You run to drink.
You runaway.

You run to an immediate release.
You runaway.

But God runs to you.
He holds out His arms and whispers to you,
"run the opposite way, child.

Give up those things that have a hold on you, because when you run to them,
you're really looking for me.
Only I can fill the empty shells and breathe life to dry bones.
You're empty and oh so broken, but all is not lost.

All never was lost."

I wonder if you hear Him.
Do you hear Him?

I wonder if you feel Him.
Do you feel Him?

I can't imagine the loss you've experienced, the pain you've known, the words you've been dealt.
But your Maker knows all things. He has seen it all and He is ready to redeem you out of your dust.
Stop running the opposite way. Your past has been redeemed. You are loved.

You are loved to the core of your being. The parts of you still crying out for change.
The parts of you that still won't relinquish full control. He loves even those.
He loves all of you.

Run His way. 

He's waiting for you, love.