I see you.

To those who feel like they wake up every day fighting an invisible battle- I see you. To those who have prayed for healing for so long- I see you. To those fighting to find purpose and joy- I see you. To those believing the lies of the enemy- I see you. To those who feel so homesick for heaven- I see you.

I know how heavy it is to carry. and I know that at times it feels like you're bearing the weight of it all alone. but you aren't-- the one with strength like a lion carries it with you.

the distortions and disillusions of brokenness that the enemy creates are not who you are. your identity is NOT the reflection you see in the circus mirror that the enemy holds up. he wants to convince you-- you are impure. unworthy. helpless. he wants you to believe that you have no place to partake in the kingdom and work of God.

not only does he go after identity, but he also seeks to strip purpose. and when you don't know who you are while also questioning whether your life has meaning... hope is slim to none. and that is EXACTLY where he wants you. without hope. a life lived without hope is a life lived off of shallow breaths.

the lion is fighting for you. protecting you in a place where the enemy seeks to prey on your lack of strength. and as you watch this lion go to war for your soul, you feel a warmth appear beside you. it's a lamb-- gently telling you to lay down, to rest. you can let the lion protect you. as soon as your knees hit the ground, there is release. release from the hold of all the lies and all the weight your soul was never meant to carry. and there, kneeling beside the lamb, life is breathed back into a spirit who long ago lost hope.

looking you in the eye, the lamb speaks every truth over you that your soul has so long wanted to believe.

words of worthy, pure, valued, loved, wash over you.

you can feel His voice start to heal you.

you are enough, chosen, redeemed, wanted more than you could ever know.

your tears fall to the ground, washing clean a heart whose wounds had become so deep and so infected because they hadn't been tended to. they were wounds not acknowledged as real because there was no physical mark to be found.

but people don't have to be able to see the hurt for it to be real.

and your Savior- with the strength of a lion but the heart of a lamb, will never look at you as broken, as less than, or as of less value because of the invisible sickness that plagues you. He doesn't blame you for the lies that infiltrate your mind. and let me be absolutely clear- none of what you have to walk through ever has been or ever will be your fault.

your Savior is the only doctor who can bring any deliverance, any healing. and He's the only one who can provide true peace and joy between the prayer and the deliverance.

I promise-- He sees you. and He's not going to leave you there. He loves you too much.

and I love you too. you're never alone.