There have been times when I have wanted to talk to someone. Not to work out a problem, not to vent about someone, not to find some hidden meaning. Just talk.
Just be.
Maybe we don't give each other permission to be. Maybe we don't give ourselves permission to be. To be fully aware of who we are right now, with no agenda on who we will be tomorrow. To trust that God has us right where He wants us.
I think it's fear.
We don't trust ourselves, each other, or God enough to just start talking and to not stop until it all comes out. We are afraid that people will not like us if they heard about all of that. We are afraid that they will not love us.
There is fear, too, in expressing love. The fear that it will be rejected or at least not reciprocated. I think that most every time I have wanted to say "I love you" but did not was because of this reason.
But perfect love casts out fear and I think that there comes a time when you have to live into that.
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There have been times when I have wanted to talk to someone. Not to work out a problem, not to vent about someone, not to find some hidden meaning. Just talk.
Just be.
Maybe we don't give each other permission to be. Maybe we don't give ourselves permission to be. To be fully aware of who we are right now, with no agenda on who we will be tomorrow. To trust that God has us right where He wants us.
I think it's fear.
We don't trust ourselves, each other, or God enough to just start talking and to not stop until it all comes out. We are afraid that people will not like us if they heard about all of that. We are afraid that they will not love us.
There is fear, too, in expressing love. The fear that it will be rejected or at least not reciprocated. I think that most every time I have wanted to say "I love you" but did not was because of this reason.
But perfect love casts out fear and I think that there comes a time when you have to live into that.
My dear friend Allison, I love you.
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thank you, Ian! you're awesome. I love you, too. :)
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