I love real things. Real chocolate. Real Coke. Real compliments. Real laughter. Real tears. Real sugar. But especially real honesty.
And I'm not talking about the kind of honesty like, "Did you do that?" "Yes. Yes, I did." kind of honesty. I mean being who you are right out in the open even though that means sin is all mixed up in there. The not getting it right, kind of honesty. The knowing you just don't measure up because you're not Christ, kind of honesty. Realness. Openness. Living with the set of convictions God put in you and standing by them knowing people may judge you for it, kind of honesty.
I learned a lot last night at a fun night out, surrounded by a few people willing to be imperfectly real. They admitted some struggles and imperfections, passed around a fat dose of understanding, expressed some encouragement to each other, and we ultimately died laughing hysterically to the point of headaches and exhaustion. It was so much fun, and a good relief for me. But I spent the whole night arguing with my own self about being more open, but worrying about what I might say or had already said, and did it offend anyone? Or did I interrupt someone? Do they like me? Am I fitting in?
I woke up to find an email this morning sent between them saying they were thinking the same type things!! I loved that!!
It was so good for my soul.
Real honesty.
Thanks, girls! Let's do it again real soon!
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Keepin' it Real...
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HONESTLY...it is so rare to be in a situation where people look at your heart with humility and know their own heart is just as sinful. I mean it is hard to be honest in most situations because people are sometimes too busy trying to impose some vain set of rules on you or measuring you up next to them. It's people like these who help you keep it real, and make you glad you did. Thanks for being real!! Yay !!!! Today, I LOVE people!
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