“And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” John 8:32
Satan takes a moment in time,
and creates a most horrible incident,
that scars and fractures,
our views and beliefs,
for the rest of our lives.
He strategically places in our path,
demonized souls – the mentally ill,
some that say that they come
in the name of the Lord,
to steal our innocence,
fill us with fear,
and distort the way we view
every person, every sound,
every surrounding, every shape,
every race, every fragrance,
from that day forward.
We cower consciously for months or years,
subconsciously for decades,
trying to walk past the anxieties
we may not understand.
We displace the anger and hurt onto the innocent,
often onto those people we love the most,
justifying our behavior with false truths,
and attempting Biblical justification,
but knowing deep inside,
our actions were wrong,
yet not knowing how to stop,
and feeling deeper and deeper guilt,
because of it.
We blame God for not being there,
we run from the very presence
that can bring us healing.
We run from others,
we run from ourselves,
we run from every possible circumstance,
that could possibly bring us pain.
We run and run and run,
until we are unable to take,
another step.
It’s at that moment,
when we can run no farther,
when we cry out to others for answers,
when we cry out to God for help,
that Jesus can draw close.
It’s in that time that we can see,
that He was with us,
all the time,
crying with our pain,
holding us as we wept in the night,
waiting for us to call upon Him,
to heal the brokenness
we can no longer endure.
In that breaking moment,
when Satan’s shackles are broken away,
when our mind is refreshed,
and our vision restored,
that healing comes,
wave by wave,
washing, cleansing, renewing.
Prejudice is lost,
fear is captured,
hatred is banished,
anger subdued,
life restored.
Come Lord Jesus.
Written - 9-29-2000
Tags: Anxiety, Demons, Fear, Fractures, God, Guilt, Hatred, Innocence, Jesus, Pain, Prejudice, Run, Satan, Scars
Linda J. Humes 