We all have demons. We all have problems that we don't talk about. Talking about them makes them so much more real. Who do you confide in? Bottling things up just means a bigger explosion. Pain demands to be felt, and we have someone who feels the pain with us. God is always with us. He knows everything that is happening to us, inside us. He knows before we know. He knows how to fix it, how to make the pain go away. The most important thing is to not bottle up the pain. Let it out. Let the tears roll. That pain inside you is demanding to be felt, to be expressed, to be let out. So let it out.
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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