I’m a pretty good liar. Well, maybe “liar” isn’t the right word. I don’t like to be open about issues affecting me—let alone discuss them with anyone. I would rather shove issues deep down inside and never have to deal with them than be open and actually admit I have a problem. So when I am surrounded by a community that values an “Authentic faith and life”, it makes me a little uncomfortable. I know I need to be real. I know I need to be genuine, honest and open about what’s really going on. I hear my Pastor share openly during Quest about his struggles and see the freedom that brings and I read James 5:16, “Confess [your] faults one to another, and pray one for another, that you may be healed.” So maybe I should give this a shot.
So that’s my sec
ret. I’m learning to be real with God, myself and others. Like the song says:
“Tell me what you want to hear
Something that were like those years
Sick of all the insincere
So I'm gonna give all my secrets away
This time, don't need another perfect line
Don't care if critics never jump in line”
“I'm gonna give all my secrets away.”
Angela Herrington