Be Real

Sometimes it isn’t all about chin up and put your best foot forward. Sometimes it’s about remembering that it is in our weakest moments that God strength shines so brightly.

I’ve had seasons in my life where I have gutted it out through confusing and painful times, most of those times feeling alone. The memorable ones, the times of real transformation have been when I truly let go and got very real with God. In doing so I had to acknowledge that I wasn’t alone. There He was, waiting for me to turn to Him.

He knows the end from the beginning! He knows our thoughts before we think them, and our words before they ever come out of our mouth. So the notion that I thought I was filling Him in on how I was really feeling is humorous.

God gave us our emotions and allowing ourselves to feel them and flow through them brings so much healing. I found when pushing through challenging and hard times that sometimes I had settled in and just accepted them as my lot in life. But my real heart underneath felt hurt. Sometimes it felt forgotten and invisible. Sometimes I even felt mad.

God can handle all of that! He’s waiting for us to bring it to speech, to bring it to Him. In the book of Psalms you will find virtually every emotion brought to speech, in prayer. I love the Psalms!

God is indeed with us through every single dark valley. He’s behind us, He’s beside us, and He’s in front of us calling us forward. The beautiful thing about walking through our struggles and being real with God is all of a sudden you will realize you’ve reached the other side. You will look back at the hurt or trauma you’ve walked through and remember it, but it will no longer be a part of you. You will find joyful freedom when you allow yourself to be real and allow God to walk you Through it.

Father, I thank you that in my weakest scariest times Your strong, protective and ever so gentle arms have always been there to walk me through it. I thank You Lord, that as I have stepped from the valley into the promised land, that pain was no longer part of me. I can remember it and look back at it, but it no longer is a part of me. You handed me a joyous new beginning on other side. Thank You for your patience with me! Thank You for all that You have taught me. Thank You that I can be real with You. Thank You for Your love.