Hope Through the Fire

<br><br><b>A journey through mental illness--one woman speaks out!</b><br><br>Sometimes reaching for hope is like reaching for a blade of grass in a blaze of fire. You may get burned. You may want more time for old wounds to heal. But you must reach in and grasp the hope... and go on.<br><br>At times five seconds feels like a million years. When you are battling your own mind it becomes very confusing. I have been laughed at ridiculed raped and rejected. However my faith has remained. This journey leads me--over and over--to God. I remember a verse in the Bible (Romans 15:13) May the God of Hope fill you with all Joy and Peace as you trust in Him. It's hard work but I am growing day-bay-day as I learn to trust Him. My world goes round and round and upside down but I've found I can come to God in a very unique way. When I don't understand what is going on in my heart or what is going on in my mind I've found that He is there.