The Lie: Part One

by Victoria Gaines
Published February 4, 2008

Once upon a time I believed a lie that kept me in bondage.

You could talk to me and never know it.

I worked hard to keep the internal chaos and dysfunction at bay.

But misery and disillusionment visited me every day.

I wondered why the Lord wouldn't do something.

So I went for counseling.

Ten years of it.

Professional counseling reinforced the lie.

My symptoms snowballed.

My highly-credentialed counselors were baffled.

I stopped the very counseling that was supposed to bring order to my life.

I fell into a dark pit.

For awhile I just wanted to die.

I cried out to God in my ignorance and pain.

Because nothing else had helped.

Alone in the pit, I realized how much I needed His life.

'Cause mine was a wreck.

The Lord came in against the flood of negative emotions and set me free.

After He revealed the lie.

But I had to give up this lie and start trusting Him as my Life.

Sadly, many still believe this lie today.

What is the lie?

(read part II)

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