Naked Before God
Life moves quickly; the older you get, the faster it moves, or so it seems. Life comes at you fast. Sometimes we wonder why we get up and do what we do, why we try, why we keep going, when life is so overwhelmingly running us over. Routines, requirements, deadlines, chores, desires, expectations, dreams, and decisions crowd our minds and our schedules. Life is overwhelming, if not always, almost always. There are times when things look so dark that the only way out might seem to be to "unplug the chord." The grind and tug-of-war between what we want and what we must, tears at our hearts so strongly that we hope for it all to simply be over. I've been there; in fact, I'm there now, and often am. That is life: struggling between stress and hope. It is at that point, where I find myself most vulnerable; most insignificant and powerless. But it is also at that point, where there is no longer anywhere left to run and I must face reality. I can't hide from or