Listening to the Voice of Truth – Part 1
Well, it’s finally here. We will be starting our new school year on August 1, that’s this coming Wednesday! The summers seem to just fly by. But, there’s something different this year…it’s not just that we’re not moving, or not just that we’re not having a new baby join the family…there’s something else different….ME.
In the last two years I can claim that I’ve had the worst time of my life AND the best. My loving Lord brought me through the dry desperate desert and when I had just about given up, He lovingly picked me up and lead me to the entrance of the promised land. Have my circumstances changed? Nope. Have I changed? YES!
I have a testimony to share. One that glorifies God’s amazing Truth and how it set this captive free. Over the last several months I have sat and savored in God’s deliverance, and shared only small pieces of where I came from, with those closest around me. But now, in hopes that I may be an encouragement to other homeschool moms, I’d like to journal about my new-found freedom in Christ. So, I shall begin…
Imagine if you will, a silhouette of a woman standing across the room. It’s a dark, dreadful, damp room that feels cold and lonely. There are dark stone walls surrounding you, and as you begin to walk they feel as if they are closing in. As you slowly move closer, you notice two thick chains bolted to the wall, extending and reaching down around the woman’s wrists. It is clear now that she is in captivity. Stopping for a moment, fear grips you, and you wonder if you should move on. “But what if she needs help?”, you ask yourself. So you step forward again, but more slowly now. As you come nearer, you observe that she is staring at the ground, the way one looks down as if they feel hopelessness. And then, all in a moment, as if it becomes illuminated, you notice letters engraved on the stone wall above her. As you squint your eyes, you read the words… “Anxiety and Depression Lives Here.”
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