Have you ever imagined how your life would be if you broke ties with everyone you knew, left your job, your house, your family, and started fresh somewhere else? Maybe you haven’t, but I do. All the time. I try to picture what would change in the long run; what would become an old habit I’d discarded, and what would be introduced as a new necessity. What if, by moving to an alien location, I become a different person?<\/p>\n

I think it’s a good idea sometimes. Maybe starting over, where I’m out of my element and out of place, is for the best. Maybe, by having nothing familiar but God to comfort me, I’ll finally begin to cling to Him with desperate need.<\/p>\n

Maybe I have nothing else to live for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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