If you ever want your heart broken, go to www.sixbillionsecrets.com.
Actually, I'm not sure I can condone that. This website contains so much pain, so much despair, that it is anything but uplifting. The cutters; the people who have never believed they're beautiful; the abused; the wounded; the abandoned; all come here to spill their secrets to the world, anonymously. And I cannot, for the life of me, understand why...
...until I see the number declaring the hundreds of people who have "liked" this secret. Who have noticed it. Who have in some small way affirmed this person's pain, and given them a reason to believe they can go on.
This generation is dying. This is a generation that screams silently, that openly declares its feelings to everyone with internet, yet cannot personally tell closest friends and the people who need to hear these stories.
This is a generation that is dying to be seen. To be noticed. To be loved.
This is not written to those people, although I have much I could say to them. But they don't need my words. Words can do very little against such deep pain. I will not tell them to turn away from themselves, although I do believe that pouring one's life out for others is an incredible way of healing.
This is written to those of you whom Christ has made strong. This is a call to stand; to notice; to fight. Millions around you are dying; yet how many of us take the time to notice? How many of us wrestle in prayer for the souls of those whom Christ calls Beloved? How many of us, even though we have been rescued and have every reason to spend our lives for others, are still focused on our own problems?
Christianity is to be a bold forsaking of self. It is to be a relentless pursuit of Christ; and a continuous laying down of our own desires to fulfill His call to reach the least of these around us. It is not a name. It is not an activity. It is not something to be taken lightly. It is passionate.
So come to life! It's what you were meant to do! Stop focusing on the problems in front of you. You have been eternally snatched back from hell -- do you realize that? You did nothing to deserve the great love you have received. You have been promised eternal joy in the presence of the Most High God! Your needs pale in comparison to the aching need of this joyless generation. So rise, shine, for your light has come (Isaiah 60:1). You were made strong for a reason: You were made strong so that you could be poured out for the weak.
Become Christ's prayer warriors. Become His hands and feet. You have already been given all you need for this life. So go, and share it with a dying world. Regardless of what they think of you, stand for your God. Even if you are mocked, never cease to share the hope you have been given. We will not always know what effect our words have; all we can determine is whether or not we will speak when He says, "Speak," whether or not we will go when He says, "Go." Be a part of reviving the bold spirit of true discipleship. Say with the hundreds of heroes of Christianity, "I have decided to follow Jesus. Though none go with me, still I will follow.
"No turning back."
