I’ll say it again the struggle is real and everyone is fighting a battle of some kind most will never see, so be courageous and be kind.
#JustBelieve #HopeLives #LoveChangesPeople #BeKind
Mark Wayne – Author and 'Warrior Poet'
Sometimes there is no justice only mercy
I’ll say it again the struggle is real and everyone is fighting a battle of some kind most will never see, so be courageous and be kind.
#JustBelieve #HopeLives #LoveChangesPeople #BeKind
To Know That You’re Alive – Kutless (a classic song from 2009)
the abyss
anxiety and depression
an endless deep cavern of dark
indecision and self-loathing
that many
will journey through
the black
surrounds and confounds
terrified voices screaming in your head
searching and hoping
not one
hears the sounds
the angst
heavy and thick
a velvet fog covering everything
dank and suffocating
gray colors
shadow our lives
the abyss beckons
whispering
continuously
promising
false comfort there
Life is…, not what you hoped and planned for
Life is…, living, learning, loving and letting go
for fate conspires
to break our hearts
and healing only comes
once we are broken
a thousand steps
only to find
yourself sliding slowly
backwards drawn
invisible forces scheme
piercing the dark
reaching and grasping
clawing to the edge of the abyss
looking up and out
to the light
away from the dark
beginning anew here
believing and hoping
one small step right where you are
faith and belief
to begin again
the journey out of the abyss.
~Mark Schutter ©2016
~Mark Schutter ©2015
A wonderful quote taken from the book ‘Battles Men Face‘ by Gregory L. Jantz, PhD and so true!
Dr. Jantz is a Christian author, Founder of A Place of Hope which is ranked #1 for depression treatment and host of the weekly radio show Overcoming on Mondays at 1 pm PT.
Life is meant to be lived fully and if you are not engaged you are settling for less. As we are in the season where miracles are more easily believed, purpose to live the rest of your days with no regrets! Merry Christmas! ~M
Hear my prayer, O LORD, Give ear to my supplications! Answer me in Your faithfulness, in Your righteousness! And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, For in Your sight no man living is righteous. For the enemy has persecuted my soul ; He has crushed my life to the ground; He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have long been dead. Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me; My heart is appalled within me.
~Psalm 143:1-4 (Prayer for Deliverance and Guidance)
The words above capture how I feel in spite of the many uplifting and hopeful blogs about new years resolutions and goals. The abyss of anxiety and depression is a deep cavern of dark indecision and self-loathing that many, including I, have journeyed through. The black surrounds, while a thousand voices are screaming in your head without a sound. The angst is like a velvet fog, soft and thick covering everything, greying the colors of life while your heart is heavy. The abyss beckons continuously, promising a false comfort or as CS Lewis said “the sweet poison of the false infinite.”
Fate conspires to break your heart and healing only comes once you are broken. A thousand steps forward only to find yourself sliding slowly backwards as if drawn by an invisible force. Reaching, grasping, clawing to the edge of the abyss. The struggle is exhausting and seems so endless at times.
Looking up, looking out, looking forward to the light, away from the dark. To begin anew from here, right where you are, taking one small step of faith. Trusting and believing in a God who cares and is bigger than our troubles. To accept the gift of love, to begin the journey anew and begin climbing out of the abyss. ~Maleko ©2013