(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.) 675Please respect copyright.PENANAyanaGo2n5c
Once upon a child with a mind like a tempest, was a dream that lay dormant inside the child's soul.675Please respect copyright.PENANAJFdQy0K8ic
Now, the child knew of the dream's existence, but didn't care for it.675Please respect copyright.PENANAfHVfqXaHHo
You see, the child had a problem that many in this life counted by days would never face.675Please respect copyright.PENANAM4gdoFyO2E
The child did not exist.675Please respect copyright.PENANAYZsLT0w5gX
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.675Please respect copyright.PENANASNo3gTs9AF
When the child was brought to the world of the normal humans, no one understood him.675Please respect copyright.PENANA205FF2EMNM
No one heard him. No blood was related to his.675Please respect copyright.PENANApYA5a5FNxY
To all he met, he was considered nonexistent not only because of his difference in personality, but also in appearance.675Please respect copyright.PENANAT0acU6vUEF
The child wasn't like all children with their rosy cheeks and their soft hands.675Please respect copyright.PENANALHnhQ4R7Hg
He was a child that was scrawny, with a face of hopelessness and sorrow.675Please respect copyright.PENANALxJ2Uf4olM
He had unkempt hair and bruises on his face.675Please respect copyright.PENANA68YVMjrmAd
Because of this, he was abused and rejected by other humans.675Please respect copyright.PENANAO2Cn022Kwa
And because of this, his dream slept coldly inside his soul.675Please respect copyright.PENANAWp1ZtZMRfk
Until one day...675Please respect copyright.PENANAU1sgXEEZ29
A man of sorrow and pain stood alone at the edge of his life.675Please respect copyright.PENANAdKIxSbUvH1
A roaring storm raged around him.675Please respect copyright.PENANAcqxA5AvXMQ
Thunder drummed loudly and lightning shot all around.675Please respect copyright.PENANAAJSTR03A3Y
The sky was a dark grey with clouds that were spun by the unsettling winds.675Please respect copyright.PENANA29qHUGH1bB
However, the man did not feel the setting around him.675Please respect copyright.PENANA0UUe4hTCXg
He did not feel wonder or worry. Peace nor fight.675Please respect copyright.PENANAvn0XZOzFKE
He only felt emptiness and lamentation.675Please respect copyright.PENANA0FpW82I6w3
The man had questioned for so long what the purpose of his life was ever since he was a child that never existed.675Please respect copyright.PENANAfD3MrkTztm
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.675Please respect copyright.PENANAjkhEekE7Ja
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.675Please respect copyright.PENANAI6j78jpTrs
The child opened his eyes.675Please respect copyright.PENANAY5Z58FNbVY
Crystal blue water surrounded him and bright light shone in front of him.675Please respect copyright.PENANAkGW37T9XLJ
A figure of a man walked towards him.675Please respect copyright.PENANAUcLVpDedM4
The figure was beyond extravagant, with robes of white and a face that shone brighter than the sun itself. 675Please respect copyright.PENANAs28TDAhp2p
He held his nail-pierced hands out wide and walked to the child.675Please respect copyright.PENANAbBlVndBVuV
"Do not be afraid, my child." began the man, whose voice was both powerful and peaceful, "For I am with you."675Please respect copyright.PENANA3dnzcPX4Cx
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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.675Please respect copyright.PENANAVlnwfFLRoV
Why would any man speak to him? What was the man's intentions behind his words?675Please respect copyright.PENANANmB5HWWvUT
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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.675Please respect copyright.PENANAt90X8e4zQe
"But how can I do so if I am all alone?" asked the child in a weak and silent voice.675Please respect copyright.PENANAVitK4dZ3cR
"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."675Please respect copyright.PENANA4Fc0HcUumV
"But I have no purpose. I don't exist. Why would anyone stand beside me?" asked the child.675Please respect copyright.PENANAx52a8Wjeij
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The man smiled and knelt down so that he could be at the same height of the child.675Please respect copyright.PENANA9ulkffUuS2
"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.675Please respect copyright.PENANAaYtbAJmEWv
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.675Please respect copyright.PENANAwfb91W13XB
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."675Please respect copyright.PENANAKeNUM92Ukz
"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. 675Please respect copyright.PENANA04MdpwT43F
"Who...are you?" whispered the boy.675Please respect copyright.PENANAZ8ihCf9TNI
"I Am." replied the man, wiping away the timid child's tears.675Please respect copyright.PENANAzg8rQMJsnp
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The child looked at the man. His face was brighter and his hand were held out wide.675Please respect copyright.PENANAsEPAUZzKSx
The boy noticed scars from nails on the man's wrists.675Please respect copyright.PENANA1qBn95GC2J
At that moment, the boy knew who he spoke to and he began to cry tears of relief.675Please respect copyright.PENANA0X9icePDQ1
The boy fell into the man's arms and the man held the child assuredly.675Please respect copyright.PENANAyY2vdiPSVx
"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."675Please respect copyright.PENANAWvNpLZ8J1E
"Thank you..." replied the child.675Please respect copyright.PENANAbxFbfAJTwb
At that moment, the crystal blue separated and the light of the man took over the surroundings.675Please respect copyright.PENANAMfF3FZMhLn
The man of sorrow and pain opened his eyes and stood up.675Please respect copyright.PENANAyD122rUlMY
The sea flowed gently and the sky was colored with a sunset of brilliance, with stars that fell gently into the sea.675Please respect copyright.PENANAMjNPjidqxK
The man smiled a smile that he had never before.675Please respect copyright.PENANAMmdRYWcrqL
He smiled peacefully.675Please respect copyright.PENANAXErVRZJGUV
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. 675Please respect copyright.PENANASXfhBqfyg2
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.675Please respect copyright.PENANAsGM7Yqxvg6