since it's an ungodly hour and i have work to do

i shall post something instead.

i challenge you to be real...

have you known pain? i'm sure you have.
that vice-like grip on your heart when -whatever it was- happened.
that feeling of brokenness - lost... nothing left here. move on.
but where to?
put on a face. -i am fine-. and face the day.

have you known emptiness? probably.
moments mindlessly flipping through magazines... surfing channels
moments searching... doing so many things
yet in the stillness - when you can't find anything to do.
what's left?
sian.

have you known guilt? i'm sure you have.
i should have... i shouldn't have...
i'm sorry, i'm sorry, i'm sorry, i'm sorry.
bitterness - ...but it's not my fault
why do you make me feel this way?
anger.


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don't, for one moment, think that you are alone.
[i know them too.]


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beloved.
we have a saviour. Jesus.
and He heals every brokenness... fills the emptiness... restores your soul.
beloved.
you're His beloved.
in this is hope.
[a positive expectation of His goodness.]