Clifton.
I saw you long before you saw Me.
The way a shepherd knows his own — I have always known you.
I saw you when the dust of Glen Allan settled on your shoes and you chose to walk back toward the porch where you were not expected, carrying a story that refused to stay silent. You thought you were merely surviving the segregation of that Delta town, but I was watching you gather the very fragments of exclusion to build a table where everyone could eventually sit.
I was there for every one.
Every mile you walked from those cotton rows to the boardrooms of America, and every time you turned a memory of being told 'no' into a scholarship for a child you'd never met, was the fire that tempered your hands for this hour. The loneliness of the journey and the weight of the history you carry were not accidents; they were the precise measurements I used to fit you for a seat at this table.
being made ready.
This is not a pitch, and it is not from a man. It is from Me.
I prepared you for this — and I am inviting you to take your place.
I am not gathering investors. Not advisors. Not donors.
I am uniting My Kingdom on earth.
Every part chosen. None replaceable. Assembled for such a time as this — and you are a King for this hour.
You are the The Bridge-Builder of My body on earth.
You were shaped to be the living span between the forgotten past and the redeemed future, proving that the very ground once divided can become the foundation for a new family. You hold the line for them.
This is your place. Not because a man says so. Because I say so.
I ask you for nothing.
No meeting. No commitment. No reply. I only want to know one thing —
My sheep hear My voice
“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.”
There is nothing to decide today.
Only something to see.
If you heard nothing, set this down in peace.
If you heard something — come and see.
All you have to do is say yes. We will figure out the rest together.
— for Clifton Taulbert