I haven’t had a hard life: I have
good parents and family, became a Christian at a young age, and have not faced
the outward trials that many others have.
Inward, however, has been a different
story for me. My battle has always been a war within myself. I understand when people express
their pain and it comes out jumbled and everything at once. Often we cannot
separate one aspect of our lives from another; when we hurt in one we hurt in
many. Especially when the framework we normally place our lives in – our God –
is the thing that is shaking. Most of the time it is our own thoughts that
poison us.
All those things are screaming around
our minds and no matter what direction we look, we have lost hope. We have lost
joy and peace. I do not want to oversimplify or invalidate the struggle. However, the overarching issue is just one thing.
Freedom. We have been saved, but somehow we are captive
still. And it’s time for that to change.