No Room for Love; Ruby's Awakening

Ruby was a child who was filled up with so much love she couldn't help but share it with everyone. Her love was never limited to just those closest to her, but to anyone who was lucky enough to receive it. She had such wondrous dreams of sharing that love with the world, only for them to be crushed like a brittle leaf beneath the foot of a giant. What would eventually crush that unlimited capacity for love that Ruby had was the insidious, and relentless thing we call pain. Ruby would have never believed for a moment that something existed that could take up so much room inside herself, that there wouldn't be any room left for love.

Ruby had many dreams as a child, but one of her favorites was to become a missionary in Africa to share her faith and her love of God, with those who were in so much need. She'd spend many hours thinking about traveling from village to village, and teaching the love of God to others. She kept thinking about the Bible colleges she might attend, to learn what she needed to, so she might be of service to others. This gave her such joy. Unfortunately, Ruby's father was very much against religion, and this weighed heavy on her mind. Ruby, like most little girls looked up to her father, and would never do anything to displease him. This was quite a serious dilemma for such a little girl to have to ponder. In the end Ruby never did tell her father about her joyous dream, she just decided to do what would be acceptable to him. This sacrifice would be her first introduction to pain. Being Ruby was so young and didn't quite no what to do with this pain, she just tucked it away inside. Little did Ruby know that when we tuck it away, it never really goes away.