They say to you
in their signs
their hugs
their smiles
They want to welcome you back to the place that is familiar.
Nervous and excited their eyes search yours
for a hint of approval
or maybe recognition.
They have waited to welcome you back
to re-introduce you to your home
to your life
to your self
they have clung to your brief emails, phone calls, and letters
they will cling to your words, stories, knowledge
...for a little while
until your stories begin to sound different
heavy, convicting, strange
they start to look at you confused
"Who are you?"
"Where is the one I used to know?"
they ask pleading with their eyes
Because the one they used to know is gone,
they know it and you know it
that one didn't come back
that one no longer exists
That one took down the blinders and had her eyes opened
She returned with a new look in her eye
She returned to a familiar land
the one they want her to call home again
but now she is a stranger
They wanted her to Go but not Change
They said "goodbye" with the stipulation that they'd one day say "welcome back"
But she can't go back, there is no such thing as back
"home" looks different now
it even sounds and tastes different in the mouth
Because she knows that the home they speak of is no longer hers
Her home is bigger now
her home is with her brothers and sisters who speak a different language
Her home is places they've never even seen before
Places they would never go
Her home is the place where her Father sits on a throne
and dwells within her
Where she is a child of the Most High
Where she changes the world for His glory
while He changes her story
He is with her always now, He is in her everything now
clearly speaking over her and to her
even now
He is too close now
He breaths with her
sings with her
His heart beats with hers
She knows His thoughts, sees His moves, shares His dreams
She is in Love with Him
This is why she can never go back
This is why she will never go back
27 My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people. 28 Then the nations will know that I the LORD make Israel holy, when my sanctuary is among them forever.' "
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