(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.) 975Please respect copyright.PENANAa1zFrOusgD
Once upon a child with a mind like a tempest, was a dream that lay dormant inside the child's soul.975Please respect copyright.PENANAD8WFj4zjki
Now, the child knew of the dream's existence, but didn't care for it.975Please respect copyright.PENANAsNB5koIGkj
You see, the child had a problem that many in this life counted by days would never face.975Please respect copyright.PENANAIMbCn9wR55
The child did not exist.975Please respect copyright.PENANAqvVaugGFhu
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.975Please respect copyright.PENANAcYugvnqN3A
When the child was brought to the world of the normal humans, no one understood him.975Please respect copyright.PENANAX5GQckjw5H
No one heard him. No blood was related to his.975Please respect copyright.PENANAtrZ9PqMqrh
To all he met, he was considered nonexistent not only because of his difference in personality, but also in appearance.975Please respect copyright.PENANA5SyHF3MhQT
The child wasn't like all children with their rosy cheeks and their soft hands.975Please respect copyright.PENANADmLFkWACvy
He was a child that was scrawny, with a face of hopelessness and sorrow.975Please respect copyright.PENANAobODh2ncyc
He had unkempt hair and bruises on his face.975Please respect copyright.PENANAEmoS7Cblwx
Because of this, he was abused and rejected by other humans.975Please respect copyright.PENANA53DHx1WyyZ
And because of this, his dream slept coldly inside his soul.975Please respect copyright.PENANADvcZf3Al0p
Until one day...975Please respect copyright.PENANAKsl6Uf9GkG
A man of sorrow and pain stood alone at the edge of his life.975Please respect copyright.PENANA3z55JfVXmz
A roaring storm raged around him.975Please respect copyright.PENANADRJcTemiBt
Thunder drummed loudly and lightning shot all around.975Please respect copyright.PENANAx9m53gKNYV
The sky was a dark grey with clouds that were spun by the unsettling winds.975Please respect copyright.PENANA3c9ADfXMYd
However, the man did not feel the setting around him.975Please respect copyright.PENANAUwX5UUknq6
He did not feel wonder or worry. Peace nor fight.975Please respect copyright.PENANAk8IV9IpyvW
He only felt emptiness and lamentation.975Please respect copyright.PENANA4RFGIhfeCY
The man had questioned for so long what the purpose of his life was ever since he was a child that never existed.975Please respect copyright.PENANAAeSjorbHTy
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.975Please respect copyright.PENANAMmlcilWNpq
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.975Please respect copyright.PENANAoHec0o23pa
The child opened his eyes.975Please respect copyright.PENANA7RlkYkef10
Crystal blue water surrounded him and bright light shone in front of him.975Please respect copyright.PENANAwKc6b4vk4l
A figure of a man walked towards him.975Please respect copyright.PENANA97KTxem6YD
The figure was beyond extravagant, with robes of white and a face that shone brighter than the sun itself. 975Please respect copyright.PENANAX14DxjvZ1k
He held his nail-pierced hands out wide and walked to the child.975Please respect copyright.PENANAjdZs5YkQ6T
"Do not be afraid, my child." began the man, whose voice was both powerful and peaceful, "For I am with you."975Please respect copyright.PENANAExusPqkkOi
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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.975Please respect copyright.PENANAXELS7xkUyX
Why would any man speak to him? What was the man's intentions behind his words?975Please respect copyright.PENANAQIar1WGcj9
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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.975Please respect copyright.PENANAaduo49aNSq
"But how can I do so if I am all alone?" asked the child in a weak and silent voice.975Please respect copyright.PENANA8tL6tNaZGn
"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."975Please respect copyright.PENANA52JG4tHRY3
"But I have no purpose. I don't exist. Why would anyone stand beside me?" asked the child.975Please respect copyright.PENANA8L2odARTLY
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The man smiled and knelt down so that he could be at the same height of the child.975Please respect copyright.PENANARJxoPr0SPQ
"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.975Please respect copyright.PENANAepY7zthTxA
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.975Please respect copyright.PENANAP6z6eLkIg3
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."975Please respect copyright.PENANA1uNr8saOFn
"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. 975Please respect copyright.PENANAf5ozWnW1U1
"Who...are you?" whispered the boy.975Please respect copyright.PENANAy0sVu8ZPA8
"I Am." replied the man, wiping away the timid child's tears.975Please respect copyright.PENANAeJ3DCDvQUj
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The child looked at the man. His face was brighter and his hand were held out wide.975Please respect copyright.PENANA7MDZUK6Xaj
The boy noticed scars from nails on the man's wrists.975Please respect copyright.PENANASfkrjw9fyk
At that moment, the boy knew who he spoke to and he began to cry tears of relief.975Please respect copyright.PENANAzDjhR06uWK
The boy fell into the man's arms and the man held the child assuredly.975Please respect copyright.PENANAG0jm47WGLW
"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."975Please respect copyright.PENANA6VlTWHnN7P
"Thank you..." replied the child.975Please respect copyright.PENANAKLfc2E0Pa5
At that moment, the crystal blue separated and the light of the man took over the surroundings.975Please respect copyright.PENANANQN88Cwbdv
The man of sorrow and pain opened his eyes and stood up.975Please respect copyright.PENANAkxW5eWHfVA
The sea flowed gently and the sky was colored with a sunset of brilliance, with stars that fell gently into the sea.975Please respect copyright.PENANAcGpDRYiKWN
The man smiled a smile that he had never before.975Please respect copyright.PENANA84G2hd0xA4
He smiled peacefully.975Please respect copyright.PENANAQJ6av19utP
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. 975Please respect copyright.PENANA28U9gYtofq
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.975Please respect copyright.PENANAogy11z26At