Don't wait

We live in a fallen world. In this venomous place we are all hurting. We are bitten by sin and like a dog licking its wounds we crawl back to hidden place inside ourselves. We make walls around that pain. We cover it in think protective armor. We do this to protect ourselves so that we might never feel that pain again.

But walls and defenses are fooling. We build a fortress around our hearts with trenches and barbed wire. But all we are doing is making a prison of loneliness. We aren't escaping future pain. No. We are locking ourselves up with the ghosts of past pains and failures. It makes us cold and empty.

But Jesus is love. He came to the ill and the dying and reach out and touched them in their dark places. He healed them, restored them, made them whole. We don't have to live with armor. We can lay it down and live life free. We can open our arms and embrace love. It's a wonderful new day.

Don't wait. Lay it down today.