Honesty is risky business. It requires us to be authentic and truthful. You must have the courage of a warrior to enter into honest discussion. Misunderstanding along with the good old fashioned dose of fear keeps us hidden. The result...deeply inhibited relationships.
I would guess that we all have one or two inhibited relationships in our lives. My next guess is that we are tired of the charade. I wish I could say that all my relationships have been authentic. However, that would be a lie. Hum....maybe I'm beginning to make some head way. LOL
Scripture tells us that love rejoices in the truth. Why do we struggle with truth? What do we fear? For many, it is the fear of how the truth will be received. Equally, we seek to control and manipulate the outcome of our situations, so we hide truth and authenticity in the closet. We hide our true feelings of hurt. We hide our sin. We hide our thought life. We hide our failures. We hide the difficulties of our marriages...the difficulties with our kids. We hide and think for some reason we can live hidden behind closed doors.
With each day that we hide, we loose a little more of ourselves. We feel less, love little, seldom celebrate, and convince ourselves we are not angry because we don't "feel angry". Our response to life is lukewarm...it is gray. God's response to life is vivid HD color. Truth is who He is. Love is who He is. He cannot ever be anything else than who He is.
Living life as He intended is sharing in that HD color. The first place to practice honesty is in my relationship with Papa. It is refreshing...like a cold drink of water on a very hot day. I want more than anything to live the rest of my days being who He created me to be. The doing will come out of the being. For now, I am enjoying the journey of this relationship with Papa....just hanging out...just being honest.
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