A wonderful story indeed. Thanks for sharing this with us. (P.S. I got your emails but I haven't been able to contact you. Hang in there and God will take care of you; blessed are you if they persecute you for His name sake. God bless and I"ll be in touch)

You poor fool.

it upsets me greatly that i can't view your profile because i haven't been able to send you any messages. do you have any sort of messaging system, alison? i would love to talk to you for ... real.

i really adore thsi piece. i find the tone of it to be really soft and mellow ... because you're saying, "i know the depths of hell and the agony and the pain but i know the story of redemption and grace, love and beauty." and that message is so powerful to me.

some of my favorite lines include:

"spent nights trapped inside fear so real that even as i dreamed of burning"

"He has woven me faith from the stars that i once thought i saw bleeding"

i'm so glad to hear that things are getting better for you. things are steady for me, right now. i have had some people come and go but i believe it is for the better. and ... i don't want to jinx myself but the simple thought of it makes me smile because there's this guy ... and he's really amazing and ... he gives me butterflies and he's beautiful, so beautiful, alison ... that words cannot even describe.

oh, i wish i could message you. i want to tell you everything.

I was beginning to wonder where you were, and it's so good to see some more of your writing and know that you're still growing in Christ. I want you to know that your work is an inspiration to me. It reminds me how I felt when I rededicated my life to God last summer, and it makes me miss Him and want to get closer with Him. I keep falling, over and over again, but I think I'm getting closer to having the relationship with God that I've always wanted.

that was amazing. beautiful. inspiring. and i am having a rant about someone who insulted me by saying that my Jesus was a liberal when i am a conservative...

...oh, and i am terribly sorry for not emailing you back. i couldn't get to your profile and the link never showed. i wish i could have helped.

this is going under my favorites just so you know. it was so breathtaking and completely stinking amazing.