bury me

Philip Yancey tells of walking along a trail and coming upon a cemetery. He found on one woman’s grave marker these words: “Here lies my fear of intimacy.” It took her death before she could bury her fear. I wonder what things we need to bury so we can be set free from our captivity to them. What are some things we need to die to? The habit of lying. The desire to control others. A lack of self-discipline. The craving for cigarettes—or even chocolate! One of my life verses is Galatians 2:20: “I have died, but Christ lives in me. And I now live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave his life for me.” I’m discovering that the more I die to self and allow Christ to live in me, the more I actually find my true self and am set free from those things that self-destructively hold me captive.