three little words.

"I'm dead inside"

That is a text I got from my cousin a little while ago. She took off and left me here without saying where she was going or when she would return. When I sent her a text asking her where she was, this was the response i got.

I can remember feeling like this. Completely hopeless, completely helpless. I hate that someone I love feels this way. I don't know how to communicate to her in a different way than I already have that she doesn't have to be dead inside. But I have to try to remember what got my attention when I was that low... It was people caring. People asking me how was REALLY doing. People loving me.

Maybe today you feel like you are dead inside or maybe you feel like you have no more hope left. Maybe you are stuck in a rut feeling like there is no way out. I am here to tell you that today you are not alone and someone cares for you. You do not have to live a life of bondage anymore because Jesus came so "that they may have life, and have it to the full (John 10:10)."

Maybe today you are someone who has a friend who is hurting and you want to help but you feel helpless. Remember this "But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. 10That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong." You can be the hopeful for your friend or family member. Together you can overcome more obstacles than you could have ever imagined.

For me, I am no longer dead inside, but rather I have the life of Christ in me to be thankful for and to keep me strong when I am weak.

Be Blessed
-Amanda