"I didn't cause it. I can't change it. I can't control it."--but we can't help but wonder:
When will everyone start telling the truth? Is staying in FEAR stronger than the need for obtaining peace? Pain, suffering and agony are the only the result from betrayal and lies. We are only for the journey toward truth and healing and healing and truth. We can not have one without the other. Secrets and lies trying to be kept a secret is like trying to hold a ball under water. We struggle and struggle to keep the truth out of site but eventually the ball pops up out of the water for all to see. It's time to walk through a new door....
Today we ponder the poem below:
Sick As Secrets
byVirjinja
You're only as sick as your secrets
The things you keep inside
The stories so awful, so hurtful ~ YOU think
The ones you choose to hide
The feelings you wall off and keep at bay
The past you regret each and every day
The memories you wish would never be
The stuff you hope no one ever sees
You're only as sick as your secrets
The longer you hide them you'll find
They'll rob you of joy and sanity
They'll drive you right out of your mind
They'll keep you from living life to the full
They'll tug at your heart, push and pull
You apart ~ like a puzzle, piece by piece
Turning others away 'cause your thinkin' stinks
You're only as sick as your secrets
And make no mistake, my friend
When you dig them up and throw them away
Your heart will unburden and in the end
You'll be free of guilt, shame and false pride
The Lord will protect you and give new life
You're only as sick as your secrets
Aren't you tired of being sick?
Then turn them over to God right now
Do it this moment... hurry, be quick
He already knows everything you hide
He's just waiting for you to stop living the lie
That your secrets define you ~ that they're who you are
That's the work of the devil and it's so far
From the Truth ~ give it up and throw it away
Walk in the Light... today is the day
You're no longer sick ~ you've no secrets to hide
Give it to God... there's the key to life
Yes, you're only as sick as your secrets
But that's not you...anymore.
Today we give thanks. Our hearts and lives have been laid bare and vulnerable to the pursuit of God's truth. We are thankful that what the devil has meant for evil God can turn for good. We still believe that God can do miracles for justice and truth and healing and restoration.
"I didn't cause it. I can't change it. I can't control it."-- I guess the rest is not my business to know right now!
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Just thinking....
Thanksgiving is just past and Christmas will soon be here. I could not help but wonder if the accusers of this innocent man gave a fleeting thought to the lonely man confined to his miserable existence locked in a miserable cell away from his beloved wife, even as he has suffered already for one year in the prison and knowing he has another 24 years to go...IF he is not killed first by prisoners who feel self-righteous in their minds when their own crimes are compared with the most heinous of all...a child molester. But wait! The accusers know without a doubt that they put an innocent man in prison with their false accusations---lies that took wing as far as their wicked imaginations could carry them. Perhaps it was a game at first...to cover up the desire to be free of all parental restraints...but then they were trapped by having to continue fabricating more and more lies as they dug their hole of deceit deeper and deeper. Now, they feared, there's no turning back as the authorities ran with the make-believe story of the accusers, who reveled in the spotlight of attention. No matter now that an innocent man's life is shattered with the undeserved shame of crimes he never committed. No matter that the mom who protected her daughter at age 3 from the real molester ,when she fled away with her, is now in such pain and sorrow.
I wonder...did the accusers enjoy a happy Thanksgiving turkey...with stuffing and gravy, cranberries and pumpkin pie...and happy laughter with friends? Did they think at all about the man in the cell whose life they have so heartlessly destroyed as he sits in his grief of betrayal for his kindness eating his tasteless prison food? Do they think of the mom who struggles now to live, since all of her income was swept away as the direct result of the lies piled upon lies that even portrayed her as an uncaring mother?
Oh, God of Mercy and Justice, I ask that You remove the hearts of stone from the accusers who have turned their backs on mercy and justice, and replace them with hearts of flesh...that they might somehow, Father, feel remorse and sorrow for what they have done. Do not let them close their eyes and ears to the prayers and tears of this son of Yours in prison, even as he has already forgiven them. Give them the courage to right the terrible wrong they have done to this man who loved them and their mom. May TRUTH prevail...In Jesus' name, I pray....
From God's Daughter...
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