Boxes

The more you compartmentalize

these spaces in your soul

and serve them accordingly

the more masters you create

the more mouths you have to feed

how exhausting to pivot endlessly

from one shady place to another

sorting out choices that do not define you

choices that keep you running

that turn the mirror away

so you are never facing

what needs to be SEEN

seen for what it is

and identified as : of the world

and heard, KNOWING that flesh is speaking

saying what you need to hear

to encourage you

or condemning you

to keep you there

in that insane cycle

that binds and distorts your every move

EXPOSE yourself!

Let all of you be KNOWN

for what you are

let them see what God sees

you cannot hide it anyway

and if you think you can

it just adds to your struggle

slash the ties that bind

true peace is having the freedom

to make awesome choices

that FEED your spirit

not freedom to steal from it

not freedom to do things that haunt you and claw at you

not freedom to prolong God's best for your life

don't play psychological games with yourself

don't even go there

God has his hand over all of it

He watches you

He understands you

and He patiently and lovingly waits

for you to default to Him

so He can make the right choice for you

He understands you

and like a car stalled out on the side of the highway

He knows you are hung up

and he meant for you to be doing 80 down the highway

with the wind in your hair

(side note: what He perceives that to be

and what you perceive that to be could be totally different)

So go in peace my brother

condemnation is not of God

struggle and strife are from the enemy

and fear

well, the bag of tricks is endless

but they are tricks none the less

and they will only trip you up

if you believe in them

so I simply ask you

what do you believe?

~C