Carry Me

You know it takes more than prose or a pattern or style of writing to call attention to a very important message. One that many people do not get or much less want to hear. It takes willingness to obey. To obey to someone, we should all be holding dear. This is not my claim to fame. Not at all. Nowhere near it but I will proclaim a truth I hold dear. That's my love for God...for Christ. For a child that resides inside willing to obey yet I don't always get, but I want to share my understanding. I understand one thing the most and that is God's love, but you know what...it's the love he generates inside that is valued most. Because when we find that love inside and within, we share of ourselves. We share our story. God's message can then be proclaimed over all the heavens and the earth. Through us. I find it ironic that here I am with a diagnosis of a mental illness. One that is found unacceptable by many and understood by less. But yet I am willing...more than willing to profess something greater than I can speak because I feel inadequate. I feel abused and taken advantage. I feel unseen and unheard. My viewpoint...now what does it mean? Sure, I can share stories and claims to know God in some intimate way. But now where would that get us? Is it my story, God's story or your story. I choose to hear God's story. I want his viewpoint. I want God. And to get to the bottom of his heart, his desire and to help him in such a way as to be a reservoir for his word and his message. To overflow with truth. There is so much strife in this world. There is war and famine. There is violence where there should be none. People dot the globe seemingly unaware. Are we merely taking up space in this lifetime? What are our plans and goals? Where is God's message within? We are tattered and torn. We are neglected...sometimes by our very most important loves. God's willingness to document himself on paper is just a mere glimpse of what is overshadowed. I might feel abandoned, but I was found by Christ. I was just going through life by motion. I thought I had it together. By the values of the world. 'Do not be afraid', he said! What a poignant remark. Sometimes I do nothing but face fear! I am saddened by loneliness. My heart breaks for what is lost. Here we are living in a society where we have access to anything and everything. Have we lost it...or...have we found it? Tell me, what is the meaning? Maybe we should be doing something radical. Pick a place, choose a time, reinvent, unwind. Most importantly, I recommend we find God. In his place, in his meaning, on his stage and his timing. Welcome back from life. Now, let's start living.

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A Journey Through the Mind of Schizophrenia

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