Relationships. They're sticky and scary; often surface level. In my own experience, it seems folks don't want to lean into relationships with authenticity and vulnerability. Instead, we often keep walls up to keep ourselves safe and others at a distance. After all, who has time to pour into another person, right? Who really wants to know messy stuff happening behind the scenes? Wrong. The problem, in my personal opinion, is we don't realize the great responsibility we have to one another. We were literally made for relationship. We are told in the Bible to build one another up. (1 Thess. 5:11) Love one another. (Romans 12:10, John 15:12, 1 John 4:11) Encourage one another. (Hebrews 10:24-25) Walk with and teach one another. (Titus 2:2-8) And for some reason we refuse to do that. As I continue to grow in my personal relationship with Christ, I am learning to see the areas and spaces around me that (honestly) need a complete overhaul. As a teena...
I'll be sharing bits and pieces of the things God is doing in my heart each month. Things that are heavy on my heart and I feel compelled to write down- whether it is read by other eyes or not. This is simply an easy way to be authentic sharing the current happenings in this life as mom and wife. With many decisions ahead of me everyday, there is only one way to make them- through prayerfully walking with the Lord and leaning in to hear his voice above the chaos around me.