Walls

"To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket — safe, dark, motionless, airless — it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable."
                                                                  C.S. Lewis


Now isn't that true? The only way to never be emotionally hurt is to never be in any kind of relationship. To never care for anyone more than yourself. This promises us something that we as broken people desperately want. To never be hurt again.

We build up walls to keep us safe. Or so we think. Our walls may keep the "bad guys" out but it also pushes all who care about us enough to see us healed away as well. We may be able to become unbreakable but at what cost? We forfeit our redemption for the chance to become impenetrable. We push God away as well. God wants to redeem us and heal us but only if we ask him to. When we try to do it on our own; when we try to heal ourselves all we become is even more hurt.


It is impossible to live without your heart being wounded at least a couple of times. But what if, despite this er could still live as though we've never been hurt before? To love and love despite love's risks? This may not be a particularly safe or comfortable way to live but I promise you that it would be worth it.