Transformation

I've never been very good at being social, but I have greatly improved in this area since high school. I know that God has transformed me and continues to do so still. I've been looking back at some of my journal entries, and I can't help but laugh at the things I thought, that has changed since I've discovered what it means to be free in Christ.

Here is a poem I wrote in 2004, that really shows how trapped I once felt...how satan had such a hold in my life.

Mask

Take away my mask,

And leave me face to face.

With the world I do not fear,

Yet afraid of who I am.

Take away the paper,

And the grace with which I write.

Shatter all the pencils,

Leave me with words that I must speak.

Take away the paintbrush,

To face reality.

No more worlds of blissful delusion,

As I color what I see.

Take away this deep emotion,

That I truly don't belong.

Causing me to analyze everything,

Teach me how to have fun.

Take away these walls,

Built up so thick inside.

No bottled tears of joy or pain,

I want my heart upon my sleeve.