Friday, August 26, 2011

Saturn

My life in the kingdom of God is like being in another world.  Though, there were struggles in God, they don't compare to struggles out of God.  I was young when I became a Christian, but I still remember what it was like to be in a room full of adults and unable to trust a single one of them.  I still can remember realizing that I would have to take care of myself.  I can remember getting dressed in the dark with no running water.  I don't recall hearing the word love from anyone in my family.  I can recall the culture of aggression where you had to walk around looking like you are mad and about to snap just to feel safe.  I remember seeing prostitutes on the corner with mesh blouses that you could see straight through.  I remember the park that I could not play in because the alcoholics needed a place to spend their endless days.  I remember the police cars going to yet another domestic abuse situation.  I remember the fears of being left alone, afraid of the dark, for days at a time.  I remember the bullies who were abused children used to the cycle and I remember the friends who got pregnant far to soon.  When I think of the culture of sin and deprivation, I am so glad I had another world to escape into and exhale.

Saturn/Stevie Wonder
http://youtu.be/p3KpUO6t9qQ


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