|
|
|
The Wall Picture your life as a journey and you are on a road that has been chosen just for you. The road winds and turns and goes up hills and down hills. Sometimes it is pleasant and warm and other times a cold wind can be whipping across your path. There are potholes and hurdles and obstacles that block the road but you take them in stride and somehow find the strength to get past each one and keep moving forward. Sometimes there are detours taking us on circuitous routes but you still seem to end up farther on your journey than you were before. Then one day you come to a wall. It looms ominously before you, casting a shadow right in the path you know you are to follow. There you stand, shivering and cold below the wall, staring up wondering how you can ever pass. There are no detours, no holes in the wall and no doors to pass through. The options are few; either climb the wall or take it apart brick by brick. The task seems immense but you realize there is no other way. I may be dating myself here, but I’d like to share the lyrics to a song that helped me identify one of the walls in my life. It was written in the late 1970’s and was made famous by the rock group “Kansas”. If you get a chance to listen to it I encourage you to do so but the lyrics alone are powerful enough and speak for themselves. The Wall by Kansas I’m woven in a fantasy, I can’t believe the things I see The path that I have chosen now has led me to a wall And with each passing day I feel a little more like something dear was lost It rises now before me, a dark and silent barrier between All I am and all that I would ever want to be It’s just a travesty, towering Marking off the boundaries my Spirit would erase.
To pass beyond is what I seek I fear that I may be too weak And those are few who’ve seen it through to glimpse the other side The Promised-land is waiting like a maiden who is soon to be a bride The moment is a masterpiece, the weight of indecision’s in the air It’s standing there, the symbol and the sum of all that’s me It’s just a travesty, towering Blocking out the light and blinding me I want to see.
Gold and diamonds cast a spell It’s not for me I know it well The treasures that I seek are waiting on the other side There’s more that I can measure in the treasure of the Love that I can find And though it’s always been with me I must tear down the wall and let it be All I am and all that I was ever meant to be In harmony Shining true and smiling back at all who wait to cross There is no loss. Oh yes, I have had “walls” in my life and to tell you the truth there were many times I would just bump into the wall and turn around and walk away because I didn’t want to face it. I walked backward on my path trying to find a detour around this wall but every time I was led right back to it and had to face the wall all over again. How frustrating! I just wanted it gone but it stayed there until I faced the reality of having to climb it, or take it apart brick by brick. The bricks in our walls can be mortared together with various cement such as bitterness, guilt, depression, failure, shame, frustration or loneliness. The wall itself can take on the guise of a new job, marriage, divorce, an illness, going back to school, a hard relationship, buying a house, having children, addiction….and the list goes on. So what does your wall look like? Is it too tall to even see the top? Does it seem like you are doomed to forever live on the cold side of the wall? Some of you may be in various stages of tearing down your wall while others are still standing at the bottom in it’s shadow looking up and wondering how it can ever be tackled. Whatever stage you are at, I pray you will have the strength to get beyond this barrier and see the light shining through on the other side. As long as you are continuing forward…there is no loss. There is one other aspect I’ve learned about tearing down walls: it is a little easier when you have friends to help you. The support of a Life Coach working beside you will help take some of the load off as you remove those bricks. Some days will be harder than others but at least you know that when the wall finally tumbles down you will have a friend to cheer you on. That in itself is very encouraging to know. One-by-one…brick-by-brick…step-by-step…freedom can be found. And thanks be to Jesus who lays His cross down over the rubble in the path of our life so we can use it as a bridge to walk from our past to our future.
|
|
|
