My heart has been quietly mourning a few situations this past week, and I’m struggling to find the words with which to express this wrestling. There is such hurt around me, and I find myself not only without perfect understanding as to all the hurt I see but also full of
great responsibility as I realize how many of these struggles surround me every day in the lives of the people that I think I know well and whom I love so much.
She’s struggling with a secret that most people know nothing of. It’s bothering her day and night, tearing at her joy, pulling her down into a thick, lonely depression, isolating her from the world that doesn’t seem to see, to know, to care.
As I write this, I have an issue often faced by young men and women today so fresh and full in mind… but I’m sure that you too have an issue, a struggle, a real fear impressed upon your heart. Whatever it is, that issue has separated that struggling person from the loved ones around him/her, has pulled him/her away from the Lord, and has altered that person through mind, body, and emotion.
What is it that he fights today, but no one knows he’s losing?
What is it that she fears today, but cries when no one’s seeing?
Why does he feel like he’s all alone, that no one cares, that no one knows?
Why does she feel like she’s the only one who’s ever felt this way?
Anorexia….
Fear…
Loneliness…
Pain …
Terrors…
Bitterness…
Orthorexia…
Ailments…
Insecurity…
Anger…
Depression …
Bulimia …
What is it that he fights through every day?
What is it that she wrestles with constantly?
Who’s winning? Do you know? Do you care?
What kind of suffering is happening right next to you? How has Christ’s Hope, Mercy, and Unconditional Love being shown through you?
Making My Boast 