The Enemy Within

Like an earthquake that strikes far off the ocean SHORE, Turning into a tsunami and creating havoc with a mighty ROAR. Every effort is endeavored to keep our inward storm out to sea; So deep inside our silent zone, beneath the reach of a casual SEARCH; Well HIDDEN from the FORBIDDEN, hoping none will get close enough to TOUCH. Out of sight; out of mind; never heard; not open for visitation very MUCH. Distancing becomes our FRIEND, and few if any are ever let IN. But it's there, and there it shall be; that is, the fact of its brutal experience. Very colorful and beautifully designed MASKS have been CAST to disguise. A comfort zone has been found in QUARANTINE and it dares not to make a SCENE. But the results and 'the hurt of it' need not REMAIN nor forever cause us PAIN. Like computer data, it is stored in the BRAIN but need not be RETAINED as the SAME. We talk much of 'garbage in and garbage out', but the 'outgo' can be CHANGED. We are human beings made in God's image from the very START, and we are also the delight of His loving HEART. He has provided the ability and the right to be released from those binding CHAINS. Sometimes we feel that the last flight has taken off, or we have missed our TRAIN. Next TIME you visit that WOUND, not just someday but SOON, try to change at least one LINE that appears to be sealed and to be written in stone as if forever settled and guarded from anyone who would even dare. It's that LINE that says, "My TIME has passed; I'm in DECLINE; I am finished; my best days are BEHIND". I beg of you to revisit that line, and it won't take LONG to prove yourself WRONG. Inside of you and me, there lies a door whose hinges may well be rusty and wearing old. But through that door, even if reluctantly, we must ENTER, and from which, after confronting our enemy head on, we will exit a WINNER. 030521PS