Getting Back

I know it's been a long time since I posted anything...writer's block, maybe. But perhaps, trying to figure out why--why write anything at all, why would anyone want to hear what I have to say?

Well, I have a few thoughts...first, I think I want to see this as a journal. A place to write things that I can go back at some point and see where I've been and what I've journeyed through. Second, it's time for me to be real again.

We had a church picnic tonight in which a few people shared what God has done or is doing in their lives. After our time together, I spoke to one of the men that shared. He said it was so hard to talk about himself; he would much have rather been talking about his job.

Why is it so hard to be ourselves? Could it be that we are afraid of letting down our guard and letting people see us for what we are and they may not like us? Do we perceive that others are perfect and that they wouldn't understand?

I think that those are all lies dangled before us to distract us from praising our God. If we are never open about our struggles, how then can we ever share what wonderful things God is doing? How can others pray and encourage us if we put on a nice facade?

So, in saying all of that, my goal is to write about the things that I am learning. If no one ever reads it that's fine, I will have it to look back on and remember...