vulnerable
when did being vulnerable become a weakness? when did we allow life's hardships determine who we were? when did that become okay? i'll be the first to say that i am the way i am, because of the path that has led me here. i'll also be the first to say, i don't want to stay this way. to do that would to allow satan to win another battle without me even fighting. God loves us where we are, but He loves us so much He isn't going to leave us here in our mixed up views of thinking. He loves us enough to restore us to the conditions that we were meant to be in. sometimes, most times, that is a lot easier said than done.
life leaves us jaded, skeptical, mistrusting, superficial, and independent. we were created to be open, optimistic, trusting, real, and dependent on God. we were made to be vulnerable to Him and others so that we may be formed into His likeness. especially as women, we are meant to understand there is a great strength in our ability to be vulnerable. we are not weak or feeble by exposing our vulnerable side. any of you who have ever experienced any severe hardships in life, know how much it can take for someone who has trained themselves to survive to then become vulnerable around others. fear, mistrust, and self preservation almost always kick in. that is when the defenses go up, and we are altered.
to let one's guard down completely is to surrender to trust. not in the person you let it down to. not into the situation you find yourself in. but trust in the One who is completely Soverign. the One who was with you in those moments that shaped you the way the world wanted you. the walls must come down. people must be let in. if we are to truly become who we are meant to become, we must allow life, in all it's harsh and not so harsh realities to come into play. remaining true to who we are and who we were created to be.
how then can we choose to live a cynical life, isolated, and mistrusting and call it any kind of life at all? how can we be in friendships and marriages and not be able to be vulnerable to the other person. how much harder would our path need to be to shape us then. we would be going against the current, instead of using our inner strength to swim with it.
life leaves us jaded, skeptical, mistrusting, superficial, and independent. we were created to be open, optimistic, trusting, real, and dependent on God. we were made to be vulnerable to Him and others so that we may be formed into His likeness. especially as women, we are meant to understand there is a great strength in our ability to be vulnerable. we are not weak or feeble by exposing our vulnerable side. any of you who have ever experienced any severe hardships in life, know how much it can take for someone who has trained themselves to survive to then become vulnerable around others. fear, mistrust, and self preservation almost always kick in. that is when the defenses go up, and we are altered.
to let one's guard down completely is to surrender to trust. not in the person you let it down to. not into the situation you find yourself in. but trust in the One who is completely Soverign. the One who was with you in those moments that shaped you the way the world wanted you. the walls must come down. people must be let in. if we are to truly become who we are meant to become, we must allow life, in all it's harsh and not so harsh realities to come into play. remaining true to who we are and who we were created to be.
how then can we choose to live a cynical life, isolated, and mistrusting and call it any kind of life at all? how can we be in friendships and marriages and not be able to be vulnerable to the other person. how much harder would our path need to be to shape us then. we would be going against the current, instead of using our inner strength to swim with it.
posted by Jackson at 9:26 AM
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