Have you ever had the best support system there could possibly be, but felt like no one was supporting you and that you were taking on all of the stress by yourself? Do you have friends or significant others who are emotionally unavailable? That's how I've been feeling these past few days. It has felt like my world has been turned upside down. I have been turning to God more. I have been studying and praying more. What I haven't been doing is asking for His help. For Him to support me and guide me. He is the only one who can always root for me and not be partial. He is the only one who can take away all of my stress and worry. Why is it so hard to give it all away to Him? Maybe it's because I like to micromanage everything. I don't know. It's hard, but I'm learning to let Him guide me and support me every step of the way.
I just recently finished "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak. I had no idea what this novel was going to be about going into it; all I knew was that our 10th grade English class study it. Right off the bat I noticed that our narrator was not your average Joe. The narrator is death. When I realized this I said to myself, "Oh this is going to be good." The novel is all about the Holocaust and it is shown from a German point of view. Leisel Meminger's mother gives her away to a foster German family. On the trip to this new family, Leisel's brother dies. So right from the start death is there. I'm not going to give you a synopsis of it, because I think you should read it for yourself. Just know that a German family hides a Jew in their basement for a while, and death is around every corner. That last line of the novel really got me though..."I am haunted by humans."
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