Last year was bittersweet...
Many challenges, but many spiritual victories as well. New Year's Day went quietly. I was asleep before midnight. The days in prison meld together. On the outside, people value certain holidays. But behind the walls, life goes on. I don't mean for this to sound negative. I'm simply trying to explain how life is different here.
While the past year left me with feelings of physical and emotional fatigue, my inner spirit remains hopeful, and I am eager to see how God is going to use my life this year. "Here I am, Lord, send me" (Isaiah 6:8).
How can I, as a believer in Christ Jesus, and a prisoner as well, describe incarceration? The daily challenges and trials of living in such a poisonous place only serve to mature my faith. This environment will either help a disciple of Jesus grow, or it will break him. I know the Holy Spirit, who dwells inside me, allows me to endure all things. His Word is my hope, and food for my soul.
And so I march into a new year wondering what the future holds for me and my friends, but at the same time knowing the One who holds the future. The Lord knows the end from the beginning (Isaiah 46:9-11).
D.B.
While the past year left me with feelings of physical and emotional fatigue, my inner spirit remains hopeful, and I am eager to see how God is going to use my life this year. "Here I am, Lord, send me" (Isaiah 6:8).
How can I, as a believer in Christ Jesus, and a prisoner as well, describe incarceration? The daily challenges and trials of living in such a poisonous place only serve to mature my faith. This environment will either help a disciple of Jesus grow, or it will break him. I know the Holy Spirit, who dwells inside me, allows me to endure all things. His Word is my hope, and food for my soul.
And so I march into a new year wondering what the future holds for me and my friends, but at the same time knowing the One who holds the future. The Lord knows the end from the beginning (Isaiah 46:9-11).
D.B.
