honesty
One hard thing about honesty, it leaves you standing in front of everyone without anything to hide behind--like those bad dreams where you go to school without your pants on. What would we do without the stuff we hide behind?
I wonder if most of us are too afraid to be honest. It gets tiring, though, to carry your gear around all the time--the kit you hoark around to play make-believe. Honesty is light--like a vacation without the luggage.
My trips usually involve big luggage. It's better to be prepared; you never know what people are looking for. I am tired, though. I want to travel light, but I'm afraid I'll leave the wrong bag at home, and there I'll be: out to dinner without my pants.
So here's to living naked--to admitting I'm not so smart. To admitting that I'll never be as important as I want to be. And to believing that I am loved anyway--not my jeans, not my sweaters, but the me in the shower reaching for a towel.
I wonder if most of us are too afraid to be honest. It gets tiring, though, to carry your gear around all the time--the kit you hoark around to play make-believe. Honesty is light--like a vacation without the luggage.
My trips usually involve big luggage. It's better to be prepared; you never know what people are looking for. I am tired, though. I want to travel light, but I'm afraid I'll leave the wrong bag at home, and there I'll be: out to dinner without my pants.
So here's to living naked--to admitting I'm not so smart. To admitting that I'll never be as important as I want to be. And to believing that I am loved anyway--not my jeans, not my sweaters, but the me in the shower reaching for a towel.
posted by joel at 6:09 AM
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I was just sharing with my recovery group the other night about the importance of vulnerability in any group setting. I made the comment, rather brazenly actually, that we're all wanting to get back to the garden where we are totally naked before God again. However,I think it's true. The problem is that vulnerability scares us half to death. However, it is truly necessary if we are going to experience the type of community God has called us to live. If you have time, check out the bible study called "Why Small Groups?" They talk about this and other crucial matters in a biblically sound manner. I love this guy C.J. Mahaney. I taught last week from his outline "The Idol Factory" and I just sent this current study over to my pastor. I'm hoping that we'll begin to offer it as a class to new believer's in a mentoring relationship. Anyway, great thoughts. Here's the link.
http://www.sovereigngraceministries.org/books/wsg.html
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