For the Joy: Chapter 1
FOR THE JOY CHAPTER 1 For since He Himself was tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted. Hebrews 2:18 Gimme one reason to stay here, and I’ll turn right back around. Tracy Chapman At 3am I woke up to a text from a long-lost friend whose story is too sacred to spill here. She has been living dead inside, exhausted from stuffing the weighty truth of her existence, and it’s all coming up now, in middle age. We have had a loose connection for most of our lives, though we were soul-tied from a young age. A battle cry sounded in my heart as I read a gut-wrenching story that resulted from the emotional scars being sliced open by a wise and careful surgeon of the heart. I had set my alarm to get up in time to make double coffee for my early route. As I drove in the darkness, the sadness, the heaviness, the anxiety of the release felt like a heart-bleed. As if I had a supernatural pipeline t...