At first, you did it for companionship,
starving for any type of contact,
To overcome the gut wrenching feeling of loneliness that overwhelms you.
I’ve been there too.
You developed a callus where your heart and soul were.
They were stolen from you when you least expected it,
You ration that you weren’t using them anyway.
This is the lie of the evil one
Then one day you realized that you’re out of control;
for the very act that you started out enjoying,
is forcing you to do acts that you despise.
Wretched soul that you are
no longer living a life, but just surviving
You have no rest or joy
Nevertheless, there is a lover
who can love you like no other
no demands He makes
He delivers joy, and peace
He restores hope and lives
He brings gladness and goodness
He can pull you back to true love
Where you can be love for who you are
And not what you can do
No longer are to be a slave for the sin-filled one
Nor a benefit to a sin-fill life
Bask in the radiance of true love
For He loves you, truly
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