Dear Malaysia,
Even before we met, I knew I wanted nothing to do with you…
I went to sleep in Neverland and woke up the next day in a version of hell anyone would struggle to imagine.
I cried. I screamed. I grieved.
Nobody cared…especially you.
You see, you didn't just manage to take me away from the things I knew…you stripped me away from everything.
My mind…my heart…my soul.
I laid beaten and defeated in the dusty streets as you mocked and cast your stones of hurt, anger and oppression upon me.
I was broken to pieces like an alabaster jar.
What was I to do?
You had broke my joy. You had broke my peace. You had broke the light I looked to….every piece of who I was laid there for all the world to see.
Each piece dirty and stained from the dirt you continually kicked in my face.
That's when I heard a voice.
I felt a presence.
It wasn't yours…
…it was theirs.
The ones who have been fighting the same battle as me. The ones you've tried to keep down for far longer.
Their gravity slowly pulled in the pieces of my soul.
As the tears flowed, I made it up onto my knees. Lost for words, all I could do was allow my lips to kiss their feet. Lifting me up so I was standing, they told me to look into the mirror and speak the things I saw.
I saw the water rushing. I saw the blood still gushing from the wounds…
But it wasn't of you…it was of Him.
He was telling me that when we love deeply we tend to grieve deeply.
In that moment, you Malaysia became what I grieved more than anything.
In the faces of those with me, I never saw the hurt you have in you. I never saw the pain you walk with. I never saw darkness that clouds you.
I just saw the glory of His love…
…after looking in the same mirror, what do you see?
It isn't pain. It isn't hurt. It isn't what the enemy blinds you with…
…it's your redemption. It's your beauty. It's your worthiness.
So..Malaysia, I meant it when I said I knew I didn't want anything to do with you when we first met…but now? Now I want everything to do with you. I just needed a deeper look in the mirror to see why.
I love you.
Today. Tomorrow. And every day in between…
– Kent
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