ENSLAVED BY A WORD
There are words that are part of our everyday vocabulary, yet whose full meaning remains somewhat unknown to us. Take the word "pain"—one could find many synonyms for it: suffering, misery, oppression, anguish, despondency, sorrow... A significant number, for sure, but what does it truly signify? It is a perpetual burden that creates an acrid, destructive heaviness within the heart! How, then, can one feel free when bound by a chain, weighed down by an anchor that one inevitably drags along behind? Why not simply stop and cast off this chain? Because, at times, the chain lies beyond one’s reach; the body and the heart are simply too heavy to bend down and grasp it. It is in such moments that we come to realize that human beings were not meant to face the paradox of life all on their own. GOD is above all things. His greatness transcends everything. When our hands grow weary and cannot unfasten the chain, His hand is never too short to reach it. He is faithful and ever-prese...