I still trudge blindly onward, trusting that I will be able to climb back out of their depths. Once I am in the darkness, the void of the abyss, however, I often lose my self-confidence. I fear that I may lose my confidence for good one day. The darkness would consume me, destroy me. I know this because of the damage it does when I am down in it.
Limited exposure creates wounds whose scars never seem to heal.
Someday, perhaps even at their best, my mental and spiritual abilities will not be enough to save me from the darkness. Amidst all this, Chris reveals that it's as if he's on a quest to find something, but 'I can't tell what is real. I don't know how much more of this I can take. This young man's slide into despair began with trying to reconcile evolution with the Bible. These two case histories highlight the importance of the church not compromising Genesis with fallible man's ideas from outside of Scripture.