I learned early in life that darkness does not announce itself. It arrives quietly, settles into corners, and creeps in little by little until it becomes the very air you breathe. But in my heart, I reached toward something brighter.
Prisoner
Sometimes it was only an hour. Sometimes, a week. But this time, the mental torture I had battled throughout my life reached its longest term. For three straight months, I lived in a deep pit of self-loathing, believing I was completely worthless, useless, and doomed to failure. I wasn’t close…
Hymn & Him
That was it. That was the song that woke my spirit after over a decade of living my life distant from God. I wasn’t trying to be rebellious. I wasn’t living in unbelief. It was something even more dangerous: apathy.
The Janitor
It seemed like hours had passed. Every turn leads to another unfamiliar hallway. Hope is sinking quickly now. It feels like you’re in the ocean, fighting to stay above water, until your arms become tired and you realize you’re not going to find the shore.