Emphasis Preaching Journal

For just a moment imagine you are looking out over a vast landscape of seemingly happy people. They dance. They play. They laugh and celebrate together. As you look on this scene, though, you gradually become aware that some persons here and there move less freely than others. They are linked, by invisible chains, to huge weights. One is hooked up to an old resentment which has festered for years. Another is chained to bitterness, and another to a problem with too much alcohol on the weekends and all the havoc that raises in the home.