Authentic

Well Happy Monday, Reader-Friends!

{Yeah, I did just use “happy” and “Monday” in the same phrase; in very close proximity even! Sorry, Negative Nancys!}

If I can say that with two upcoming tests back to back tomorrow, then you can too!

My sweet friend, Nicole is doing a challenge in order to find 1,000 things to be thankful for and it’s got me in a positive frame of mind. Thanks, Nicole! Check her page out. You just might want to get involved!

 

I just want to say: church was good yesterday. I learned a lot in life group and service. God’s convicting hand was upon my heart and I have taken a few brave steps of spirituality  personally today because of it. There are a multitude of things God has brought to my attention that I would love to share, but this is just one little post and honestly, I’m not quite ready to share yet. I will make this confession, though: I have not spent any kind of quality time with my savior this summer. The quantity of our times together has even lacked tremendously.

I’m not going to lie, that was hard to put out there. Some of you may be rolling your eyes. But some of you may completely get this: we don’t want people, especially other Christians, to know that our relationship with God is suffering. And though some of you have written this post off as boring and left, some of you are still here, and I appreciate your presence, because you are my witnesses. Blogging has become more than a fun hobby. It’s a tool of accountability. I don’t know if this is how it is for all bloggers, but I know for me, I feel like I have a responsibility to live up to the person I present on this page. In my mind, the world can see me on here, and though I may, and probably will never meet 99% of the people that somehow end up on my page at some point, I feel it a moral responsibility to be honest and authentic.

So, sincerely, here’s to honesty. Here’s to humanity. Here’s to the grace of God’s open arms when we decide to turn back around and face him.

“Return to me,” declares the Lord Almighty, “and I will return to you!”

-Zechariah 1:3