Edward.
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 screen faded to black and the code stopped making sense, yet you remained in the quiet dark, tracing the seam between the navy depth and the gold light, wondering if the door was meant for you.
I was there for every one.
Every line of syntax you wrestled into order and every silent vigil kept before the glowing monitor was My hand fitting you for a threshold that no algorithm could ever calculate.
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 Gatekeeper of My body on earth.
You were shaped to stand at the dividing line where the digital veil tears, holding the latch open so others may pass from the shadow of the screen into the warmth of the real. 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 Edward S Peterson