Just Walk Away

"Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid."
~John 14:27

My life wasn't always peaceful, in fact, it was usually filled with chaos and drama. But that was the world I lived in and if there wasn't something horrible going on, I lived in dread until the next thing did happen. Lives lived with drugs, alcohol, and violence are like that. It's a cycle that you can become accustomed to and feel as if you deserve. 

It doesn't matter if the cycle began when you were a child or as an adult; whether you are the addict or live with one, the cycle is the same. And it always feels as if it's sucking the life out of you. In many ways, it does. It sucks your self-esteem,  strength, pride, desires, dreams and ability to break free right out of you. It can make you feel helpless, hopeless, and depressed to the point of giving up. The pain grows to the point of being unbearable and anything, even death, is better than living the way you are. I've been there, and if you're there now, just hold on a little while longer. There is a better way.

"Come to Me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest (Matthew 11:28)."

Jesus is alive, He's real, and He cares about you. If you can hold onto that thread of hope, your life will change for the better. Sometimes we have to make big changes and walk away from the situation. Just walk away. Sometimes it takes more. You may have to ask for help from wherever you can get it. Call the police, call a hotline, go to the emergency room... Whatever you have to do for you, do it. Even if everything in you is saying "don't," ignore the fear and believe you can have a better life. 

Yes, it's scary. No, it's not easy. But your life is at stake, and more than that, your future, your family, and your eternal soul is at stake. Don't let the lies you've been told keep you from reaching out for help. There is hope. There is help. There's a lifeline but you have to reach for it. Just hold on, pain ends.

"Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they (Matthew 6:25-26)?"

Your life is more valuable than you know. You are loved by God more than you know. You can have a better life full of love and true peace. Don't let the chaos of your current life lead you to death. There's a better way before you. Make the change, you have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

"For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us (Romans 5:6-8)."

Read 2 Samuel 18-20; Romans 5

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