death.

In order for you to gain life, do you not have to know what you have lost? Sounds silly I know, but think about it...

I was talking with someone a few weeks back, and the above sentence jumped out of my mouth, and it astounded even myself. It clicked...

Loss is not something we all want to have to experience...but it happens to us...to most of us...loss of homeland/tribe, family, friend...there is also loss of identity through trauma, loss of security of heart and mind through words said to us...loss of worth through void crucial relationships like mother and father, or growing up in peer groups...

There is so much to say about all the above...but I'll keep this short...

Your heart, mind and soul, experiences situations and trauma that you just did not expect to happen...then how do you have to all of a sudden deal with yourself in the situation...

You are at a loss....a loss for words....a loss for peace...a loss of sanity....a loss of well-being...the list goes on....and on...and on...

So I'll go to the beginning...for you to gain life, don't pretend that you have not lost treasures of earth...

Life...actual life, like, breathing and living life in fullness and well-being...you have to face the things you have lost...heal, and move on...no actually, I mean move 'in'...that is where the part of gaining life comes...

Moving in...moving into Christ...why?

Because the crevices of your deep soul are being activated and are looking for substitutes.....the places that Christ needs to fill...the risen Christ...life through death...crucifixion to resurrection...death to life...

...the life of Christ...