encouragement

the traps that our imperfect human hearts, and minds get caught in, are often soo perfectly debilitating, so perfectly crafted to hit our every available weakness or insecurity, that the only person who knows us well enough to set it, is in fact, ourselves.

so what do you do when you are your own worst enemy. what do you do when your back is against the wall, and your heart is in someone else's hands. what do you do when you've cried out again and again for relief, for freedom of pain, for a break, for God's sake, and all you are confronted with is pain. you wake up, and there pain is, sitting in your chair, fumbling with some unnamed artifact from your jewelry box, and its at breakfast, in your mother's eyes, in your brother's slump, and you go to school, and there pain is, sharing your seat, breathing down your neck reminding you that you'll never be good enough, and there it is again, at night, bringing memories to the forefront that press into your heart that yes, you are all alone in this bed.

maybe the greatest tragedy, is that most of those walking, colliding, dreaming, and breathing with us on every street, every corner, every bus stop, and tarmac, are as chained to sadness as we are. in our attempts to free ourselves, we only get tangled with the other prisoner. in the process, we are chained down doubly, more helpless and broken than we were to begin with... maybe this time, i will be set free. maybe this time...

just hold tight. this is life, and it may not always feel good, but you have to get out there and do it. you can't hide behind your fears, or what your parents did, or what you've gone through.

if you knew what He had for you,
would you fight for it?

remember, no one ever said this road would be easy. they just said it would be worth it.

you are enough. you are more than enough. you are not your yesterday, you are your tomorrow. are you reading this right now? you are already blessed beyond belief. you have another chance. take it. turn it into something. make it important.

i look at everything, and i see God reflected back.

this is how i see you. even when you don't see it yourself.