the meeting place.

there seems to be this unexplainable mega structure that is a part of all of our lives. everyone knows about “it”, but few seem to really go to the point of discovering the fullness of this monstrosity. 

i would like to call it a wall.

features of this wall are….. encounters that have changed our lives. people we have spent time with that we are left to wonder why they were ever apart of our journey. decisions that were made for us by other people that left us looking a completely different than prior to that experience.  situations that we have watched as if we were at a movie, yet the reality is that it was our own lives or those we love deeply.  life as a young child.  discoveries.  dreams – that we spent our days interacting with and those that actually came to fruition. and there are those we would be embarrassed to ever even admit that we thought about. the transition of growing up has left us with enough questions.  we also have deep hurts that have happened.  fears that affect us everyday.  longings that are unmet and addictions that have served as fillers to numb our pain.  we make the choice everyday how we are going to ignore the pain. 

we are writing out our epic narrative and as we grow in our pursuit of Truth we either make the choice to work through the wall in our lives or we do not.  you must make a choice.

but there are too many that i have encountered who have decided to stay …. stuck.

to be honest there is a part of me that understands why people would like to stay stuck, it is heavily populated there.  it feels way more “normal” to not work through things than it does to go through the hellish points of our own individual stories.  it is easier to stay here because you do not have to work any harder to move forward.

but we settle when we stay there.

the point of hesitation though comes in with staying at the wall because it keeps us from fully exploring our past which means we will walk into our futures hurting people out of our hurt places of our past.

there has to be another way, that is what i have been saying for the past number of years.

jesus has come through.  he said, “let me redeem all of you and all of your experience”

i am left with the question, will i work through the pain that is involved in healing? 

believe me i am committed to holistic purification and healing.

are you?