Aaron vs AJ – Part 3: “The Voice Above the Storm”
Intro
(The room is quiet. Aaron sits alone after the conversation with AJ. The weight of the day still hangs over him. Suddenly AJ appears again, standing in the shadows.)
AJ
You really think one conversation changed anything?
I’m still here.
The anger is still here.
The frustration is still here.
Tomorrow you’ll wake up,
And the problems will still be waiting.
The people who hurt you?
Still there.
The pressure?
Still there.
The doubts?
Still there.
So tell me, Aaron…
What now?
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Verse 1 (Aaron)
Aaron:
Honestly…
I don’t know.
I’m tired of fighting.
Tired of carrying this war inside me.
Part of me wants to keep moving forward.
Part of me wants to give up.
Part of me wants peace.
Part of me wants revenge.
And every day it feels like those voices get louder.
I don’t even know who I am sometimes.
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AJ
Then let me help you remember.
Remember who protected us.
Remember who fought back.
Remember who refused to be weak.
You needed me before.
You’ll need me again.
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Aaron
Maybe I did need you once.
But every time I follow your path,
I lose a piece of myself.
I become somebody I don’t want to be.
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(A warm light begins to fill the room. The tension suddenly fades. Both Aaron and AJ fall silent.)
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Verse 2 (Jesus)
Jesus:
Both of you…
You’ve been speaking for a long time.
Aaron carrying burdens he was never meant to carry alone.
AJ carrying wounds that never fully healed.
Neither of you are the enemy.
But neither of you can walk this road without truth.
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AJ
Who are You to judge me?
You don’t know what we’ve been through.
You don’t know the pain.
The betrayal.
The disappointment.
I was created because the world hurt him.
I was the shield.
I was the survivor.
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Jesus
I know every wound.
Every tear.
Every sleepless night.
Every disappointment.
I was there for all of it.
AJ, you were born from pain.
But pain was never meant to be his master.
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Verse 3 (AJ)
AJ:
Then why did it happen?
Why did people leave?
Why did people lie?
Why did they betray him?
Why did they break him?
Tell me that!
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Jesus
Because people are imperfect.
Because the world is imperfect.
But brokenness is not the end of the story.
The wounds may explain your actions,
But they do not have to define your future.
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Verse 4 (Aaron)
Aaron:
Lord…
I’m trying.
I really am.
But some days I feel like I’m losing.
Some days I feel too weak.
Some days I wonder if I’ll ever truly change.
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Jesus
Aaron…
Change is not becoming someone else.
Change is becoming who you were created to be.
You think growth means never struggling.
Growth means continuing even when you struggle.
You think faith means never doubting.
Faith means trusting even when doubts exist.
You think strength means carrying everything.
Strength means knowing when to lean on Me.
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Chorus
Jesus:
You don’t have to fight alone.
You don’t have to carry the weight.
You don’t have to earn
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