"What about you?"

"What are you doing here, Son? You don't belong here. You belong with me."

In my fear, I have run from You.
In my shame, I have hidden my face from You.
In my doubt, I have forgotten You.
I have looked around at all the others rather than looking at You.
They don't believe You.
Many of them don't even believe You are real.
They think You're only in my head; that I have deceived myself.
I have listened to them, and been deceived.

"Yes, I know what they think of Me, and what they believe, and who they say I AM, but who do you say I AM? Who am I to you? That is what I AM eager to hear."

You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God.
You are not just in my head.
You are not just a good thought or idea that we have come up with.
You are not an anesthesia to dull our pain so that we can make it through the day.
You are not a false hope.
You are my Hope.
You are the Lord of  Heaven and Earth.
The God who created the world and everything in it.
You do not dwell in a temple built by human hands,
And You are not even served by humans as if You need anything.
For You Yourself give all men life and breath and everything else.
Yet...all men have left you and have turned aside to their own way.

"What about you? Will you leave Me now too?"

Lord, where else could I go?!
You alone have the words of Life.
No one has ever loved me the way You do.
No one has ever pursued me or fought for me the way You do, Father.
I believe and know that You, Jesus, are the Holy One of God, full of grace and truth.

"Blessed are you, my Beloved, for it was not flesh and blood that revealed this to you, but our Father in Heaven. You did not stumble upon this revelation and it was not taught you by men. so do not fret over what men say about Me for I have been pleased to reveal Myself to you. I love you, and I will continue to show Myself to you."

Oh, Lord, show me Your face, and let me hear Your voice.
For Your voice is sweet, and Your face is lovely.