There are issues of life
some too painful to face
Unbearable to lay down under
For fear of not being able to rise again
Escaping seems like the best option
But the issue nor the pain really goes away
No matter how hard I try not to think about it
It recycles through my mind day-by-day
It keeps calling me to confront it
There's no other way around it
Through the valley
Sure to encounter this unwanted burden
Offering my life as a sacrifice to this pain
I don't want to feel this
It's too much
My tears have become my food and drink
Stress hormones are suppressing my appetite
What choice did Jesus have, other than to drink this cup?
He took up His cross
Shed His blood
Laid down His life
So that I may live
Compared to this,
My resistance is now looking like a tantrum
I take a deep breath
I peer down in the valley
I take a deep breath
I see in the distance another peak of a mountain
I train my eyes ahead
I strap on my armor
I take up my cross
The voice of a warrior wailing inside of me
One step, two steps, three..."Forward!!!"
Sword in hand
Determined not to be stripped of peace
Violently I move through the valley to conquer what has been trying to conquer me...
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