Loosed

"Emerging", Melinda Moore Lampkin

The stories of so many women have been on my heart and mind lately. Some strangers, some new friends, some intimately known. But all in the process of loosening chains that are binding.

One who has found courage to leave an abusive relationship. One who has found enough strength to embrace sobriety and recovery, if even for just today. One who has recognized the time is now to begin lifting the lid on a heart that has locked away years of pain and abuse. One who has grabbed  hold of the dream of something better, today found in a new community and a bright clean apartment and the kindness of strangers.

Today I'm going on a retreat with a group of women bound by the chains of addiction and prostitution and poverty.  Jesus, bring rest and peace and light, and let the loosening begin.