Having to leave your home to search for a job, which would help you carve out your place in the world, is a lonely but brave decision. In some ways, you sever your ties. That's not your intention. But, time and distance do sever, or at least weaken, ties.
There's a certain kinship in the brotherhood you find in someone who is not of your own blood. That brotherhood is forged, not in the usual way where 'blood is thicker than water'. It is forged naturally, by being forced to count of the kindness of someone when you are down, and being there for someone when it is not necessarily convenient, but when you are needed the most.
When there are two things you have in this world; the possibility of work and a true friend or partner, and that person is ripped from your existence, you find your dignity has been taken from you.
When you've lost everything, it doesn't take much courage, but desperation, to deny God's graciousness and replace it with vengeance.
Having to leave your home to search for a job, which would help you carve out your place in the world, is a lonely but brave decision. In some ways, you sever your ties. That's not your intention. But, time and distance do sever, or at least weaken, ties.
There's a certain kinship in the brotherhood you find in someone who is not of your own blood. That brotherhood is forged, not in the usual way where 'blood is thicker than water'. It is forged naturally, by being forced to count of the kindness of someone when you are down, and being there for someone when it is not necessarily convenient, but when you are needed the most.
When there are two things you have in this world; the possibility of work and a true friend or partner, and that person is ripped from your existence, you find your dignity has been taken from you.
When you've lost everything, it doesn't take much courage, but desperation, to deny God's graciousness and replace it with vengeance.