Real Transparency

Friday Matters-January 14, 2022
Everyday Real Transparency

​“I just hate to pretend like everything is okay when it isn’t.  I’m in a hard place and I’m just so tired of it all,” said Becky. Have you ever had those thoughts? There are some real problems with projecting the perfect image. First of all, it’s simply not true—we are not always happy, optimistic, in control. Second, projecting the flawless image keeps us from reaching people who feel we just wouldn’t understand them. 

The more I share my own missteps and failures the more I’m able to share the hope of Christ.  When you’re hurting you don’t need a person saying, “You should do this.” What you need is the person who can say, “I’ve been ‘there’ and I understand.  I love 2 Corinthians 1:4; “There is God who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the same comfort we received.”  The mature Christian is a person who has failed and who has learned seek God’s redemption and then share His hope with others…everyday.