Here’s where we quietly put our unspoken fears & wounded tears. We fill each mini compartment with the great unknown, brief assumptions & preconceived ideas. Perhaps we leave a token of the least expected, most unexplained or series of unfortunate events. It’s a shut down, closed door, mistaken choice, or a loss with serious consequences. Easier to leave it & never return, than to open that Pandora’s box! Yet to visit that dark lonely place can bring healing & peace, as we evaluate the effect it has made in our life. I can’t be brave if I never attempt to overcome my trepidation & dismay. I have to find the missing pieces of this puzzle I so desperately need to complete. With this shield of faith I must stand my ground to protect myself against the fiery darts from the enemy. My heart wants to run & never take a glance at the moments held deep in those secret hidden spaces. I’m scared & alone, anxiously nervous, angry & stressed. To look at the inside of that closed hollow box, takes honest reflection at such a great cost! If I seek I shall find, if I knock it will open, if I ask, I know I shall receive… closure to this unopened box. These are unsettling times of unanswered questions to those daunting fears & doubts. Where do we go when we can’t face the day or clearly see what lies ahead? How do we open the door that imparts the key to unlock our broken hearts? Christ pleads with us, “Come to Me, all who are weary & heavy-burdened & I will give you rest”. Perhaps now is the time to take a good look at ourselves & remember; how we were made strong when we had been weak. It’s a mystery, our faith that overcomes the battle of fear through the sword of the Spirit. The box is just a temporary place that holds those unfinished duels to capture the victim; but when it is finished, it releases a survivor. We are victors to the death of despair, as we trust in the One who will make us “more than a conqueror” … a Warrior of the heart!
“Through God we will do valiantly, For it is He who shall tread down our enemies.”Psalms 108:13
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