One More For JC

How long, O Lord?  Will you forget me forever?  How long will you hide your face from me?  How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and every day have sorrow in my heart?  How long will my enemy triumph over me?  (Psalms 13:1-2) Several months back I wrote the below with the intent of getting it published in Newsweek magazine.  Unfortunately, the editor has decided not to include it, but thankfully I’ve got publishing rights on my web site.  I include it here not to praise the drug Accutane, but to reach out to those who have been plagued by an “Achilles Heel” throughout their life.  I hope this message helps each of you overcome that obstacle, whatever it might be.  A good portion of my early adult life was spent trapped in either the four walls of my bedroom or the four walls of the bathroom down the hall.  While my peers were enjoying their rise to adulthood, I was entangled in a never-ending struggle with the dregs of puberty…acne.  My first blemish appeared innocently