I went back and was reading some of my older posts, and was surprised by the amount of honesty that I was using in my writing. There was also an incredible lack of consistency. One day I'm writing about a faith affirmed, the next day I'm writing about being in despair. I was very tempted to delete the more emotional posts from the blog. But then I realized that the problem with many people is that we feel like we have to always present our best face to the world. We "keep calm and carry on", even when our world is falling apart. It's stupid. Imagine a drowning person telling the life guard, "Don't worry about me, I'm fine". I ran into a friend I hadn't seen in a while today, and when I asked him how he was doing he was honest. I loved that he shared what was truly going on, and didn't bother with the fake,"I'm great!" when that would have been a lie. Don't get me wrong I am not advocating for you to dump all of your problems at the feet of the first person to say hi to you. But I would encourage you to try and be more honest with your friends and family. No one can help or pray for you properly if you don't let anyone know when you're hurting.
Read the Psalms, and see how many times David is one moment praising and rejoicing before God, and the next he is railing against what he thinks is unfair, throwing a poetic tantrum before God. I'm no King David, but I am inspired by his honesty.
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