First time blogger here... so be kind. I haven't written my thoughts down in years, probably since before I had my first child, which was 13 years ago. How time flies. I used to love to write, and I was good at it! So what happened? Everyday life? Too busy? Who knows... But here I am... just a girl, standing in front of fellow bloggers, asking you to love her. (Let me know if you get that reference! Ha!)
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So here it is... the real reason for this blog. I figured blogging would be therapeutic for me and help me get my thoughts down. I recently started seeing a counselor (yep, that's right, I said it). I used to think that if I ever got to that point in my life where I needed to see a counselor, that I had somehow failed... I had failed God, myself, my family... I wasn't strong enough to deal with what life had thrown at me. But what I didn't realize is that that is a lie, lie, LIE! The day you realize that you need help and are willing to ask for it is the day that you become STRONG! ("What doesn't kill ya makes ya stronger, stand a little taller..." Kelly Clarkson knows what she's talking about.) You decide to no longer listen to the lies that Satan hurls at you and you become vulnerable to God's love, to yourself and others.
VULNERABLE. Does that word make you cringe? My counselor said something to me the other day that has really stuck to my ribs... She said we have to be vulnerable to allow God into our lives and to accept his love, and we have to be vulnerable with other people so that we can help them with whatever they are going through. I've never thought of it that way. Especially in this day and age, we aren't supposed to be vulnerable, are we? Society and media tell us to be strong, tough, selfish even, "it's all about me and what I get out of it." But vulnerable? My German roots tell me no. Vulnerability means you let people walk all over you and take you for granted, doesn't it?
2 Corinthians 1:3-4 "3Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God."
How can we help others if we are not vulnerable? If we continuously put up a front that says there is nothing wrong with me, everything is hunky dory and I don't need anyone's help, that's not helping anyone, including ourselves. You are actually being selfish with what God has done in your life. I heard someone say the other day, "Don't hog your story. Share your story." You never know who you could be helping. If God has comforted you, share your story. There are others who need to be comforted by you.
This is my first attempt at being vulnerable. Maybe it will help you. Maybe it won't. But I never want to be the one that missed out on helping someone. Especially when that is what God intended for me to do.
Let's take off our rose-colored glasses. Here's to being vulnerable with each other. :-)
Just a way to put down thoughts from everyday life.
