I am the treasure

 hidden in the field of your life.

I waited there,

 covered by the dust of your days,

 quiet beneath the weight of your worries,

until the moment

 your searching heart

 finally uncovered me.

You saw me—

 not with your eyes,

 but with the sudden recognition

 that I had been yours

 long before you ever found me.

And you rejoiced,

 because something in you knew

 that I was worth everything.

So you let go of all you held,

 and made room for me.

You are the pearl of great beauty.

I searched for you

 through the long corridors of time,

 through the ache of human longing,

 through the fragile hope

 that you would one day

 turn toward me.

And when I found you,

 I gave up everything—

 even my own life—

 so that nothing

 could stand between us.

The Cross was not a price,

 but a declaration:

 that you are worth

 all that I am.

We found each other.

We gave everything

 to belong to one another.

We became each other’s destiny—

 caught together

 in the wide, gathering net

 of that Kingdom.

– Anonymous –