Read my previous post titled "my room" here.
The darkest corner of my room has been that way for too long.
It contains my deepest scars of fear and shame.
Negative emotions are piled there somewhere.
Hopelessness is what I have called it.
I have long refused to allow the light to expose this place.
It is what they don't see.
"For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person." - Mark 7:21-23
"Therefore do not pronounce judgement before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive his condemnation from God." - 1 Corinthians 4:5
I want to let them in, to allow them to help me, but I am afraid.
The burden that lies there threatens to crush those who come to help.
I don't want anyone to get hurt.
Some have neared the corner, only to be pushed away by my fear.
Those pushed have little bruises on them from my fingertips.
At least they won't be crushed.
"Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ." - Galatians 6:2
"For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me." - Psalm 38:4
"for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control." - 2 Timothy 1:7
There is One who already knows all that I have tried to conceal.
He knows my weaknesses and fears.
They do not understand, but He does completely.
To Him I come, weeping and trembling.
On my knees before Him is my proper place.
Tonight I cry out for help.
"You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence." - Psalm 90:8
"he reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him." - Daniel 2:22
"O LORD, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways." - Psalm 139:1-3
There is hope.
"I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness." - John 12:46
The darkest corner of my room has been that way for too long.
It contains my deepest scars of fear and shame.
Negative emotions are piled there somewhere.
Hopelessness is what I have called it.
I have long refused to allow the light to expose this place.
It is what they don't see.
"For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person." - Mark 7:21-23
"Therefore do not pronounce judgement before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive his condemnation from God." - 1 Corinthians 4:5
I want to let them in, to allow them to help me, but I am afraid.
The burden that lies there threatens to crush those who come to help.
I don't want anyone to get hurt.
Some have neared the corner, only to be pushed away by my fear.
Those pushed have little bruises on them from my fingertips.
At least they won't be crushed.
"Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ." - Galatians 6:2
"For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me." - Psalm 38:4
"for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control." - 2 Timothy 1:7
There is One who already knows all that I have tried to conceal.
He knows my weaknesses and fears.
They do not understand, but He does completely.
To Him I come, weeping and trembling.
On my knees before Him is my proper place.
Tonight I cry out for help.
"You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence." - Psalm 90:8
"he reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him." - Daniel 2:22
"O LORD, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways." - Psalm 139:1-3
There is hope.
"I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness." - John 12:46
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