prisoner. doesn’t bring about the best images or feelings, does it?
it makes me imagine broken. and chains. and lost. without hope. full or fear or discontentment.
but we were not made to be prisoners of worldly things or the things placed and persistently put into our heads by the devil. especially those of fear and worry or pain. this life was not meant to be easy and we were told we would face persecutions from people and attacks from the devil. and sometimes, if you’re anything like me. you take hold to the very worst things said about you, said to you, done to you. all of it builds up. and then.
something crazy happens. I remember that I’ve got this crazy freaking savior. who wants to take all of that away. and I remember that I’m going to face pain and fear, but man. with jesus. its so much better. he gives hope…
and hope. it does not deny the reality of pain. but merely allows us to step into a new destiny that we may never have envisioned.
so cling to hope. cling to the lord. he gives us restoration and peace and all of that allows us permission for a new beginning.
if I hadn’t have had hope. or found jesus and let him pull me up from the depths of fear and worry about the future and anger that things were not going my way. wow. I don’t know how I would do it my myself cause we can’t.
so my encouragement to you all. be a prisoner. but not of things that place you further away from the best thing for you. jesus. no, be a prisoner to hope and then the images that come to mind and the feeling you get, will be insurmountably more beautiful and bright.
signing off for now,
charlie<3
PS this whole blog thing is cool. thanks for reading the things that God puts on my heart. also, that donate button looks pretty interesting. if god is calling ya to it that would mean the world to me!!! also watch out for some cool apparel coming out soon. hint hint.
“return to your fortress, you prisoners of hope; even now I announce that I will restore twice as much to you” zechariah 9:12
