LET FREEDOM RING
and now
STRENGTH
for the
REVOLUTIONARIES
to bring forth
THE
TRUE HARVEST
THE
LAST
HARVEST
STRENGTH
HUMAN STRENGTH
COMES IN ALL FORMS AND SIZES
EVEN A "SUPERMAN"
CAN EXHIBIT A HUMAN STRENGTH
NOT YET
TAPPED
HOW
CAN THIS HAPPEN?
HOW
CAN STRENGTH
REMAIN
WITHIN AN INDIVIDUAL
WHEN ALL ELSE
IS REMOVED PHYSICALLY?
AND YET
WHY
DOES THIS STRENGTH
NOT YET
COVER EVERY INFRACTION?
STRENGTH
IS A FUNNY THING
IT IS NOT ALWAYS EASY
TO MEASURE
BUT IT IS
A SHEER DELIGHT AND SPECTACLE
TO SEE
WHEN
IT IS PERFORMED
A MAN
OF GREAT STRENGTH
AND CHARACTER
WAS "SHOT DOWN" IN HIS PRIME
HE WAS "SUPERMAN" TO MANY
AND YET, TO HIS FAMILY
HE WAS SIMPLY LOVE
WHY
WOULD EVERYTHING
BE REMOVED FROM THIS MAN?
IS
HE BEING PUNISHED?
NO
HAS
HE DONE SOMETHING
SO TERRIBLY
WRONG?
NO
HE HAS NOT
BUT
LET ME TELL YOU
A STORY ABOUT A LITTLE BOY
PLAYING BY A POND AND PERHAPS
YOU WILL SEE
THE SIGNIFICANCE
OF WHO
I
CHOSE:
THERE WAS A YOUNG BOY
PLAYING
BY A STREAM ONE DAY
THIS WAS A STREAM
WHICH THE LITTLE BOY
FREQUENTED OFTEN
HE FELT AT HOME HERE
HIS SISTERS WOULD FOLLOW HIM HERE
AND THEN LOSE INTEREST AND FLEE
LEAVING HIM TO HIS OWN THOUGHTS
AND CREATIVE ADVENTURES
ONE DAY WHILE
HE WAS ALL ALONE
A GREAT SHARK
ROSE OUT OF THE LITTLE POND
HE LOOKED AGAIN AND AGAIN
WONDERING
IF IT WAS HIS IMAGINATION
HE WANTED TO CROSS OVER
THE WATER AND TOUCH
THIS GREAT CREATURE
TO HAVE ABSOLUTE PROOF
BUT HE REMAINED
SPELL-BOUND AT THE SCENE
A SMALL POND OF LILY PADS
WITH NO VARIANCE IN WATER
AND YET, A HUGE CREATURE
HAD RISEN UP OUT OF THIS
WHAT WOULD
HE TELL PEOPLE?
OH! IF ONLY HIS SISTERS
HAD STAYED
BUT HE DIDN'T WANT THEM TO
NO, THIS MAY BE JUST FOR HIM
AFTER A GOOD SECOND OR TWO
OF "HANG TIME"
THE CREATURE RETURNED
TO THE WATER AS IF IT NEVER
BROKE THE SURFACE
BUT THE LITTLE BOY WAS CHANGED
HE HAD SEEN MAGNIFICENCE
FROM SUCH AN UNEXPECTED PLACE
HE HAD SEEN SOMETHING
PROFOUND
AND YET, HE KNEW
NO ONE
WOULD BELIEVE HIM
NOW
LET ME RELATE IT
TO
THE MAN OF THE HOUR
THE MAN
CHRISTOPHER REEVE
STOOD TALL AMONG MEN
IN
CHARACTER, PROWESS, ABILITY
AND APPEAL
AND YET
WAS
HE FICTION OR REAL?
HE STARRED
IN THE
"SUPERMAN" MOVIES
BUT
HOW
DOES ONE SEPARATE
THE MAN
FROM THE CHARACTER?
HE ROSE UP
FOR THE ENTIRE EARTH
TO SEE
ALL THAT HE WAS
AND THE PEOPLE TOOK
GREAT DELIGHT
IN BOTH THE MAN
AND HIS PLAYED PART
BUT
THERE WAS MORE
MUCH MORE
TO BE DISCOVERED
IN THIS MAN
FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE EARTH
TO STAND AND CHEER
WHY
THIS MAN?
WHY
DOES HE
HAVE TO PLAY THIS PART?
BECAUSE HE COULD
BECAUSE HE WOULD
HE CAME OUT
OF THE ACCIDENT
NOT
WANTING TO LIVE
AND YET
THOSE WHO LOVED HIM
DID NOT
WANT HIM TO LEAVE
HE CHOSE
TO LIVE
AND
TO WORK
AND
TO STRIVE
AND
TO TRY
AND
TRY
AND
TRY
TO GET BETTER
HE WAS
STILL
THE SAME MAN
BUT TRAPPED
IN AN
"ARMOR" WHICH
WOULD NOT
MOVE
WOULD NOT
FULLY WORK
REQUIRED
MUCH EFFORT
TO
"GREASE THE HINGES"
AND YET
HE STILL CLAIMS
THAT
"NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE"
YOU HAVE SEEN
THE HUMAN SPIRIT
RISE UP
TO FULFILL
A GREAT CAUSE
YOU HAVE SEEN
THE HUMAN SPIRIT
RISE
TO LAUGH AT TRAGEDY
AND GROW STRONGER
YOU HAVE SEEN
THESE GREAT FEATS THROUGH
THIS ONE MAN
AND YET
IS HE
A
"SUPERMAN"?
IS HE
ANOTHER SPECIES
DIFFERENT
FROM COMMON MAN
OR
IS HE
SIMPLY A MAN
WHO BELIEVES
IN
GREAT THINGS?
MANY PEOPLE
HAVE TO SEE
GREAT THINGS
BEFORE THEY BELIEVE
THE YOUNG BOY
AT THE POND
SAW AN UNBELIEVABLE SIGHT
AND YET
MOST WHO HE TOLD HIS STORY TO
WOULD NEVER BELIEVE HIM
CHRISTOPHER REEVE
IS THAT
CREATURE RISING
FROM THE LITTLE POND
THAT IS THE EARTH
TO PROVE THE STRENGTH
OF THE
HUMAN SPIRIT
NOW
TO CHRISTOPHER
AS YOU
HAVE DISCOVERED
THERE IS MUCH
THAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED
BY SPEECH, ALONE
THERE IS MUCH
THAT CAN BE
LEARNED AND TAUGHT
THROUGH SIMPLE
WELL-THOUGHT OUT WORDS
YOU SIT IN YOUR WHEELCHAIR
AND YOUR MIND
NEVER
STOPS THINKING
HOW YOU CAN
MAKE THINGS BETTER
HOW YOU CAN
CHANGE THIS WORLD
HOW YOU CAN
OVERCOME THE OBSTACLES
WHICH ENCASE YOU
YOU HAVE FOUND
MANY, MANY WAYS
TO DO THIS
BUT
THERE ARE STILL MORE
AND OF
THE SUPERNATURAL KIND
YOU HAVE DISCOVERED
THE STRENGTH OF YOUR OWN MIND
MUCH AS "CLARK KENT"
WOULD WIELD
HIS PROWESS AND WISDOM AT WORK
BUT THERE IS
A HIGHER POWER
THAT YOU CAN
TAP INTO
AND PROVE TO THE WORLD
HOW WELL
THE HUMAN SPIRIT CAN RECEIVE
POWER FROM ABOVE
YOU HAVE
TAPPED OUT
THE HUMAN DIMENSION
NOW
TRY MINE
I
WILL TEACH YOU
IF
YOU WANT
TO LEARN
AND THEN YOU CAN
TEACH THE MASSES
A "SUPERMAN"
YOU ARE IN SO MANY WAYS
BUT THERE IS
STILL MORE
A WHOLE DIMENSION MORE
THE WORLD
WILL BELIEVE YOU
WHEN YOU TELL THEM
FOR THEY KNOW YOU
THEY HAVE BEEN WITH YOU
THROUGH
THE SUCCESS AND THE FAILURE
THROUGH
THE JOY AND THE PAIN
THROUGH
THE HIGH FLIGHT AND THE WHEELCHAIR
THEY CHEER FOR YOU
AND MANY KNOW
THAT THERE IS
STILL MORE . . .
BE
THAT
LIGHTHOUSE
AND THE PEOPLE WILL FLOCK
TO THE SAFETY
AND
SUPERNATURAL STRENGTH
WHICH YOU HAVE FOUND
IN
ME
NOT EVERYONE
HAS THE STRENGTH OF CHARACTER
OR WILL
TO CHANGE THINGS AS YOU DO
BUT THEY CAN ALL RECEIVE
WHAT
I
HAVE
TO GIVE THEM
LEARN AND TEACH
LEARN AND TEACH
LEARN AND TEACH
IN SMALL STEPS
THEN
LARGER
AND
LARGER
IT'S LIKE LEARNING TO FLY
WHEN YOU
HAVE WALKED
YOUR WHOLE LIFE
YOU DESIRE
TO WALK
AFTER YOUR ACCIDENT
AND
I'M
TELLING YOU
THAT YOU CAN "FLY"
SET YOUR SIGHTS
HIGHER
SET YOUR GOALS
BEYOND
YOUR DREAMS
COME
WITH
ME
AND SUP
AND
I
WILL TELL YOU
OF MY DREAMS
FOR YOU
FOR THEY ARE
SURELY
OUT OF THIS WORLD
ALWAYS REMEMBER
EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE
HAVE MINIMIZED
ME
IN THEIR THOUGHTS
AND VISION
I'M STILL
ME
I'M STILL
THE
GOD
THAT CREATED
THIS EARTH
AND PLANNED
YOUR EXISTENCE
FOR THIS TIME ON EARTH
I
HAVE NEVER
FORSAKEN YOU
I
HAVE BEEN WITH YOU
THROUGH IT ALL
BUT NOW
I
ASK YOU
TO MAKE
ME
SUCH A PART OF THE ACTION
OF CHRISTOPHER REEVE
THAT WE CAN SHOW THIS WORLD
ANOTHER REALM
THROUGH ONE YOUNG MAN
IN A WHEELCHAIR WHO HOPES
FOR BETTER DAYS
ARE YOU
WITH
ME?
I'M
WITH YOU FULLY
TO ACCOMPLISH
ALL
THAT
I
HAVE PLANNED
FOR YOU
COME
JOIN THE JOURNEY
AND YOU WILL KNOW A
FREEDOM
ONLY THE TRULY ALIVE
EVER KNOW
FREEDOM
IN
ME
FREEDOM TO LIVE
FREEDOM
TO WALK AND "FLY"
UNHINDERED
FREEDOM
TO DISPLAY A STRENGTH
NEVER SEEN BEFORE
FREEDOM
TO STAND AND GAZE
AT
ME
AND KNOW THAT
I AM
MAKING YOU
JUST LIKE
ME
FATHER AND SON
SOAR
IN THIS
FREEDOM TO BE
SAFE AND LOVED AND WHOLE
(Christopher Reeve has written 2 books
"Still Me" and "Nothing is Impossible")
UPDATE: 10/10/04
THIS OFFER
WAS DECLINED
REFUSED
CHRISTOPHER REEVE
DIED THIS DAY
_____
THERE WAS ONCE
A LITTLE GIRL
LOST IN THE WOODS
THESE WOODS WERE NOT FILLED
WITH TREES AND SHRUBS AND ANIMALS
BUT DRUGS AND ALCOHOL AND FEAR
THE LITTLE GIRL
WALKED ALONE
THROUGH THESE WOODS
ALTHOUGH THERE WERE THOSE
WHO WOULD CALL
FOR HER TO COME
TO SAFETY
WITH ALL
THE LITTLE GIRL'S STRENGTH
SHE MADE IT OUT
OF THE DARK WOODS
AND WAS DETERMINED
TO NEVER ENTER
THROUGH THOSE WAYS
AGAIN
STRENGTH AND DETERMINATION
BROUGHT THE LITTLE GIRL
THROUGH
SHE MADE DECISIONS
AND
FOUGHT AND FOUGHT AND FOUGHT
TO BE FREE
AND
SHE BECAME
FREE
BUT
"LITTLE GIRL"
DREW
DEAR
THERE IS MORE . . .
YOU MADE IT
OUT OF THE WOODS
OUT OF THE DARK SHADOWS
WHICH THREATENED
YOUR VERY EXISTENCE
BUT THERE ARE STILL
PLACES TO GO
WHICH
I
LONG TO TAKE YOU
WHICH WILL BRING
A BRIGHTNESS
TO YOUR LIFE
NEVER IMAGINED
YOU WALKED ALONE
FOR SO LONG
SURE
PEOPLE WOULD JOIN
ALONGSIDE
AND TAKE YOUR HAND
FOR A MOMENT OF TIME
BUT
WHERE
ARE THOSE
FOR THE LONG RUN
AND
HOW FAR
CAN THEY TAKE YOU
INTO
LOVE
SECURITY
HOPE
AND LIFE
ITSELF?
I AM
THE HAND
WHICH CAN TAKE YOU
BEYOND
THIS HUMAN REALM
OF SUFFERING AND BOREDOM
I
COMMEND YOUR STRENGTH
LITTLE ONE
TO SURVIVE THUS FAR
BUT
DON'T
YOU SEE
THERE IS
STILL MORE
THERE IS
A
GREATER EXISTENCE
I AM
THAT
GREATER EXISTENCE
I AM
THAT FOR WHICH
WILL MAKE YOUR HEART BEAT
FASTER
I AM
THAT BIRTHDAY PARTY
THAT NEVER ENDS
I AM
THAT FRIEND
THAT STAYS AND STAYS AND STAYS
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY
TELLS YOU THAT YOU
DID YOUR BEST
DON'T LOOK
TO OTHERS
OR
TO YOURSELF
FOR WHAT
I
LONG TO GIVE YOU
I AM
THE FATHER
WHICH WILL HOLD YOU WHEN YOU CRY
AND LISTEN TO YOUR DREAMS
SO CRAZY
I AM
THE FRIEND
THAT TELLS YOU TO CLIMB HIGHER
BUT ENJOY THE SCENERY
AS YOU GO
I AM
MORE
THAN YOU COULD
EVER
HOPE FOR
NO LONGER
A
"LITTLE GIRL LOST"
I
WILL FIND YOU
IN
THE VERY DEPTH
OF YOUR SOUL
AND
LOVE YOU
AND
LOVE YOU
AND
LOVE YOU
AND
LOVE YOU
AND
LOVE YOU
AND
LOVE YOU
FOR ALL ETERNITY
(Drew Barrymore wrote "Little Girl Lost")
______
WHAT IS
WITHIN THE HUMAN SPIRIT
THAT DRIVES IT
TO SURVIVE?
A
YOUNG MAN
A PIANIST
SURVIVED THE ORDEAL
OF WORLD WAR II
HIDING
ALWAYS
HIDING
FROM THE ENEMY
DAYS
HE WOULD GO
WITHOUT FOOD OR WATER
HE HID
AFTER HIS FAMILY
WAS TAKEN
FROM HIM
TO BE KILLED
MANY TRIED TO HELP
EVEN THE ENEMY PROVIDED
SURVIVAL RATIONINGS
IN THE END
BUT
READ HIS STORY
"THE PIANIST"
HE SURVIVED
WHEN HIS LAST AMOUNT
OF HUMAN STRENGTH
WAS GONE
HE SURVIVED
MAN
WAS CREATED
WITH
GREAT STRENGTH
STRENGTH
TO SURVIVE
THE HATRED
OF SATAN, HIMSELF
STRENGTH
TO OUTLAST
THE OPPONENT
STRENGTH
TO CREATE MUSIC AGAIN
AFTER THE DAMAGING EFFECTS OF WAR
STRENGTH
IT COMES IN
ALL FORMS AND POSITIONS
BUT IT
DOES NOT
ALWAYS
LAST THROUGH THE STRUGGLES
OF THIS LIFE
I
BRING TO YOU
THIS MONTH
HEROES OF STRENGTH
WHO SURMOUNTED THE ODDS
ON THEIR OWN
BUT
I
TELL YOU
THE TRUTH
THERE IS
A
SUPERNATURAL FORM
OF
STRENGTH
THAT WILL BE NEEDED
IN THESE
END-TIMES
WHICH WILL
ONLY
COME FROM
ME
GET TO KNOW
ME
I
WILL SHARE
MY STRENGTH
WITH YOU
COME TO ME
HUMBLE AND CONTRITE
AND
I
WILL BRING TO YOU
STRENGTH
BEYOND
MEASURE
SAY
MY NAME
AND
I
WILL COME
AND GIRD YOU UP
FOR BATTLE
LET'S PAUSE
FOR A MOMENT
TO TALK ABOUT NAMES
WHAT
IS IN A NAME?
YOU COULD
BUY A BOOK ABOUT
MY NAME
BY THE SON
OF A FAMOUS CHRISTIAN EVANGELIST
AND PAY $22.99
AT YOUR LOCAL
CHRISTIAN BOOK STORE
AND READ AND READ AND READ
AND STILL
NOT KNOW
THE
POWER OF MY NAME
IS
THERE
POWER
IN YOUR NAME?
WHAT
ARE YOU KNOWN FOR?
THE MENTION
OF CELEBRITIES AND
PEOPLE BECOME ALERT
OR MENTION
THE NAME OF FAMOUS ATHLETES
AND THE ROOM GROWS QUIET
TO HEAR
THE MOST RECENT
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
HOW
OFTEN DO YOU HEAR
MY NAME
AND IN WHAT KIND
OF REFERENCE?
HOW
POWERFUL
CAN A NAME BE?
OF COURSE
TITLES BEFORE NAMES
INDICATE POSITION
AND CLOUT IN LIFE
BUT
WHAT ABOUT
A
SIMPLE NAME?
TAKE THE NAME "JOE"
DOES
IT MEAN ANYTHING
TO YOU?
ONLY
IF
YOU KNOW SOMEONE
NAMED "JOE"
WHAT
DO PEOPLE THINK
WHEN THEY HEAR YOUR NAME?
CAN
STRENGTH
COME FROM THE SIMPLE HEARING
OF A NAME?
NOT LIKELY
SAY NAMES ALOUD
ALL THE NAMES WHICH YOU KNOW
AND SEE
IF
THERE IS ANY CHANGE
IN YOUR
CHARACTER OR HEARTBEAT
OF COURSE
THE NAME OF A SUITOR
ON A YOUNG LOVER'S LIPS
WILL MAKE THE HEART BEAT
FASTER
BUT
IS
THERE ANY STRENGTH
OR POWER
IN THE NAME?
SOME NAMES
CAUSE THE SENSATION
OF TERROR IN THESE DAYS
THESE NAMES BRING TO REMEMBRANCE
ALL THAT THEY HAVE DONE
WHICH IS EVIL
BUT
THINK HARD NOW
ARE THERE
ANY NAMES
THAT EVOKE STRENGTH?
WHY
DO PEOPLE PRAY IN
MY NAME
"IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST"
WHAT
DOES THAT MEAN?
IS IT
AN ENDING
OR
A SUPERSTITIOUS CHANT?
IS IT
FROM MEMORY
OR
A MINDLESS ACT
WITHOUT AUTHORITY?
WHAT
DO YOU THINK?
I
WILL TELL YOU
THE TRUTH
MY NAME
JESUS CHRIST
CARRIES
THE
AUTHORITY OF HEAVEN, ITSELF
OF COURSE, THERE ARE PRAYERS
OF SOULISH DESIRES
THAT WILL
NEVER
BE ANSWERED
THERE ARE CRIES AT 3:33 ON 3/3/03
IN
MY NAME
WHICH FAIL TO REGISTER
UPON
MY HEART'S MANTLE
BUT
WHAT
WILL REACH
MY THRONE
AND
ALLOW
MY NAME
TO EMOTE THE STRENGTH
OF
THE HEAVENS?
WHEN
YOU PRAY ACCORDING
TO
MY PERFECT WILL
THE
STRENGTH
OF
MY NAME
IS
APPROPRIATED
WHETHER MENTIONED
OR
NOT
MY NAME
HOLDS
THE
POWER
OF
THE RESURRECTION
WITHIN
ITS MIGHTY GRIP
OF COURSE
YOU HEAR
MY NAME
CURSED ACROSS THIS EARTH
WHY?
BECAUSE SATAN
WANTS TO DISCREDIT
THE POWER
BUT
HE CAN'T
BECAUSE FOR EVERY TIME
MY NAME
IS CURSED
MANY OTHERS
ARE USING
MY NAME
TO ENHANCE
AND
ENLARGE MY KINGDOM
THE NAME
JESUS
IS LIKE
NONE OTHER
THERE IS
STRENGTH
IN
MY NAME
THERE IS
POWER
IN
MY NAME
ALL
OF
HEAVEN BOWS
TO
MY NAME
AND
SOON
ALL
OF
THIS EARTH
SHALOM
_______
NOW
FOR THOSE WHO
HAVE APPROPRIATED
MY STRENGTH
"I AM SAM, SAM I AM"
SAM LIGHTNER
A BOY CREATED WITH A MASK
TO UNMASK ALL
HE WAS
BORN UNUSUAL
AND YET
SPECIAL
PEOPLE
WOULD STARE
AND
COMMENT
AND
RUN FROM HIM
BUT THEN
THERE WERE THOSE
WHO HAD
A TRUE HEART
WHO WELCOMED HIM
AND
LOVED HIM
HE LONGED
TO LOOK LIKE OTHERS
BUT HE WAS BORN
WITH A
MISSION IN LIFE
A MISSION
UNCOMMON
TO MANY OTHERS
WHERE
DOES THIS BOY'S
STRENGTH
COME FROM TO CONQUER
OTHER'S REACTION
AND SURVIVE
THE MANY SURGERIES?
WHERE
DOES HIS COURAGE BEGIN
WHICH TELLS HIM
TO GO ON
TO GO TO SCHOOL
TO TRY TO MAKE FRIENDS
TO BE THE ONE
TO WAVE
AND GREET
OTHERS FIRST?
HE
WAS BORN
INTO A LOVING
GIVING
SACRIFICING FAMILY
AND THEY CREATED
AN ENVIRONMENT FOR SAM
WHERE HE KNEW
THAT HE COULD DO
ALL
THAT HE HOPED
TO DO
THE
FIRST WORD
HE SPOKE WAS
"MORE"
AND YET
HE SEEMED
TO
ALWAYS RECEIVE
LESS
OF WHAT OTHERS RECEIVED
IN LIFE
BUT
LOOK AGAIN
AT THIS YOUNG BOY
WITH A PHYSICAL DEFORMITY
ALL
THOSE
WHOSE HEARTS
WERE NOT TRUE
LEFT HIS PRESENCE
HE
WAS BORN
WITH A WAY TO MEASURE
THE HEART OF ALL
WHO MET HIM
AND STILL
HE SUFFERED
ALL
THE HEARTACHE
OF THOSE
WHO RIDICULED HIM
HOW
WOULD
THE PARENTS
HAVE THE STRENGTH
TO RAISE SAM?
THE STRENGTH CAME
FROM
ME
THIS FAMILY
PRAYS AND HOPES
AND COVERS THEIR SON
WITH MY LOVE
AND
I
DO
THE REST
LOOK
AT THE CHILDREN
IN YOUR LIFE
DO
YOU COVER THEM
WITH
MY BLOOD
AND
MY STRENGTH
AND
MY LOVE?
YOU MUST
YOUR CHILD
MAY NOT
HAVE BEEN BORN
AS SPECIAL
AS SAM WAS
BUT
TO EACH CHILD
COMES THE
HEARTACHES AND PAINS
OF LIFE
WHICH
WAY WILL THEY TURN?
HOW
DO THEY FACE EACH DAY?
I
WILL GIVE YOU
STRENGTH
TO RAISE CHILDREN
UNTO
ME
UNTO
LOVE
UNTO
WHOLENESS AND LIFE AND HOPE
JUST ASK
WHILE SAM WAS IN A COMA
AFTER SURGERY
2 YEARS AGO
I
INSTRUCTED
MY SERVANT
TO SEND SAM
THE
FOLLOWING WORD
ENTITLED
"A HAPPY ENDING"
SAM
RECOVERED
AND
LIVES HIS LIFE
FULLY
WITH
GREAT STRENGTH
FROM ABOVE
DEAR SAM,
MAY I TELL YOU A STORY?
THERE WAS ONCE
A VERY SMALL BOY
EVEN UNDER THE AGE OF 3
THAT WANTED TO FISH
AS HIS OLDER BROTHERS
AND FATHER DID
AFTER
THE FATHER
AND OLDER SONS
TOOK OFF FOR THEIR MORNING
TRIP TO THE LAKE TO FISH
AND LEFT HIM ALONE
HE BROUGHT OUT ALL
THAT HE THOUGHT
HE NEEDED TO GO FISHING
IN THE
OPPOSITE DIRECTION
HE WALKED
FOR WHAT SEEMED
LIKE HOURS
UNTIL HE FOUND
JUST A SMALL POND
HE FISHED AND FISHED
THE BEST THAT HE COULD
BUT NO FISH
SEEMED TO BE BITING
AS HE
RESTED ON THE SLOPE
OF THE HILL BY THE LITTLE POND
A BEAR APPROACHED HIM
HE TRIED TO GRAB
ALL HIS BELONGINGS AND RUN
BUT HE WAS JUST
A SMALL BOY
THE BEAR
TOOK HIS TOLL
ON THE BOY
BUT LEFT HIM WITH
STILL A BREATH
SEARCH PARTIES
FOUND THE BOY
LATER THAT DAY
AND THE FATHER
AND THE BROTHERS
WEPT FOR THEY KNEW
THAT IT WAS THEIR FAULT
ALONE, THAT HE HAD GONE
TO THIS MEASURE
TO BE LIKE THEM
THE BOY
RECOVERED
AND WAS NOW INVITED
ON EVERY FISHING TRIP
DESPITE HIS YOUNG AGE
IN TIME
HE BECAME
THE GREATEST FISHERMAN
OF THEM ALL
WITH THE OTHERS
ASKING HIM
FOR ADVICE
IT'S NOT EASY
TO FIT IN
AND IF
YOU WOULD ASK
THE BOY
IF
IT WAS WORTH IT
THE PRICE THAT HE PAID
TO BECOME A PART
OF THE OTHERS
HE WOULD STILL AGREE
THAT IT WAS WORTH
ALL THE PAIN
LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE
DOESN'T
COME "CHEAP"
IN THIS WORLD
THERE ALWAYS SEEMS
TO BE A PRICE
TO PAY
BUT
I
ALSO
WANT TO TELL YOU
A DIFFERENT STORY
SAM
IT'S A STORY
ABOUT A BOY
NAMED SAM
A STORY WHICH
YOU KNOW SO WELL
THIS BOY
WAS BORN
AND HIS FATE
WAS DETERMINED
EASILY
RIGHT AWAY
HE WOULD
NOT BE
LIKE OTHER CHILDREN
BECAUSE THERE WAS
A SPECIAL MISSION
FOR HIM TO DO
IF
HE HAD BEEN
LIKE THE OTHERS
HE NEVER
COULD HAVE DONE
WHAT
I
WANTED HIM
TO DO
IT'S PAINFUL
SO PAINFUL
TO BE DIFFERENT
BUT IN
MANY WAYS
ITS ALSO A BLESSING
TO BE DIFFERENT
YOU
HAVE RUN
INTO PEOPLE
IN YOUR YOUNG AGE
THAT JUST DON'T SEEM
TO CARE
ABOUT LIFE OR OTHERS
OR ANYTHING
AND THEY ARE
THE ONES
WHO ARE
TRULY "MARKED"
IN A
"DEFORMED" WAY
FOR
THEIR SOULS
HAVE BEEN DAMAGED
OFTENTIMES
BEYOND COMPARE
BUT YOU
YOUNG MAN
HAVE A SOUL
OF A "KNIGHT"
A TRUE HONORED PERSON
WHO SEEKS
TO KNOW PEOPLE
AS THEY ARE
ON THE INSIDE
TO KNOW
THEIR "REAL" BEING
WITHOUT
THE
EXTERIOR DISGUISE
BECAUSE
THAT IS HOW
THOSE WHO LOVE YOU
MUST SEE YOU
YOU ARE
NOT
AN ACCIDENT
OR
A MISTAKE
OR
A FREAK OF NATURE
YOU ARE
VERY HONORED
IN THE HEAVENS
FOR YOU WERE MADE
DIFFERENT
TO TEACH SO MANY
WHAT THE TRUE VALUES
OF LIFE ARE
I
COULD HAVE SENT
A HANDSOME MAN
OR
A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN
BUT
WHAT
WOULD PEOPLE LEARN?
NOTHING
I
SENT YOU
YOUNG MAN
TO CHANGE HEARTS
TO OPEN EYES
TO BRING ALIVE THE SOUL
THAT WANTS TO CARE
FOR OTHERS
I
HAVE GIVEN
YOU
A HARD TASK
BUT
YOU HAVE BEEN
"UP TO IT"
IN
EVERY WAY
IS
THERE A GOD
IN THE HEAVENS?
THERE IS
AND
I
WANT YOU TO KNOW
WITH
ALL YOUR HEART
THIS DAY, SON
HOW PROUD
I AM
OF YOU
YOU HAVE
ACCOMPLISHED
WHAT SO MANY WOULD
NEVER
BE ABLE TO
EVEN IMAGINE
BUT
YOU HAVE DONE IT
WITH
HONOR
I
SALUTE YOU, SAM
I AM
YOUR FRIEND
I AM
WITH YOU
ALWAYS
ALWAYS
ALWAYS
ALWAYS
I LOVE YOU!
GOD
(Sam Lightner's story is told in the book
"Sam The Boy Behind the Mask"
written by Tom Hallman, Jr.)
***
