real is always...real
I was going to write that real is always good, but obviously, what is real isn't always so great, but that is not my point, my thoughts being on the goodness of being able to write what is real in a journal entry whether or not it is the best thing to say. I know we will all be held accountable for every word we produce be it edifying or unkind so of course it is good to measure what we say and examine what we find stirring in our hearts before we necessarily spew it out into the world.
But at the same time, what is written from a heart after God as an honest expression of one's thoughts seems like a good thing in general. So, it has been really interesting to me to get to read all the comments and stuff for AB's Catholic entry--at least everyone is being real and communicating things! Yea!
Here it seems like the majority of people around me live behind so many masks and so much fear of losing man's approval depending upon the quality of the Christian show they put on. It is quite frankly EXHAUSTING to me and has made me long for days past in the teenage and college years when it seemed the majority of people I knew communicated very real-ly (genuinely:) all the while still holding one another in the highest esteem of agape. That is probably how the Body is supposed to feel--solidly connected in love, and freely sharpening, edifying, forgiving, humbling oneself, receiving flows of grace, and sharing all the realness of life together; through the neat times and the messy ones too. I miss that here. Maybe the best way to know it again is to decide to be real (perhaps raw) in true love with the people I know here and just see if something real-er happens in the communication realm. It sounds kind of scary...
But at the same time, what is written from a heart after God as an honest expression of one's thoughts seems like a good thing in general. So, it has been really interesting to me to get to read all the comments and stuff for AB's Catholic entry--at least everyone is being real and communicating things! Yea!
Here it seems like the majority of people around me live behind so many masks and so much fear of losing man's approval depending upon the quality of the Christian show they put on. It is quite frankly EXHAUSTING to me and has made me long for days past in the teenage and college years when it seemed the majority of people I knew communicated very real-ly (genuinely:) all the while still holding one another in the highest esteem of agape. That is probably how the Body is supposed to feel--solidly connected in love, and freely sharpening, edifying, forgiving, humbling oneself, receiving flows of grace, and sharing all the realness of life together; through the neat times and the messy ones too. I miss that here. Maybe the best way to know it again is to decide to be real (perhaps raw) in true love with the people I know here and just see if something real-er happens in the communication realm. It sounds kind of scary...