secrets don't make friends

scarlett always says that...and i kinda feel the same way. it's just the thought i had over the weekend. it seems that we so often want to cover things, imagine they aren't or weren't and maybe if that's so, then there are no lasting effects...

well, i hate to tell ya honey, just because you don't talk about it, doesn't mean it didn't happen. nor does it mean life isn't altered in some way. you see, God's design for our lives entails change. i am not in agreement with this. but it has not affected how He rules. so i am learning to lean into change.

i am strongly of the opinion however, that in order to deal with things, we must talk about them. it is the way i approach the social work i do. if we can't talk about the problem, how in the world can we talk about the solution?

in proverbs it says whoever tries to hide their sin won't prosper. but if you confess and renounce it, mercy comes. mmmmmm.....need me some mercy. yes i do. but in the same book of proverbs, it says that whoever covers over an offense seeks love. covering. hiding. secrets. i need to understand.

should we put them together? if you confess and renounce your part of the wrong, things will go better...but if after confession is made, efforts at amends have been made, and you continue to hold it against folks, you become the problem.

on the other hand, in life there are problems and issues that must be brought into the light so that they can be solved. Jesus is the Light of the World. we are bearers of that same light. but it must first shine in our hearts, exposing our darkness, preventing crud from growing in the dark and the dank....then His Light in us shines for others to see and clearly walk. but we must be careful how we bear this light...Jesus gently exposes people's wrong. including the woman caught in the act of adultery. don't be walking around like a light saber. you ARE the light. little "l." don't shrink from facing truth, but remember "such were some of you. but you were washed. you were sanctified. you were justified in the Name of the Lord." i corinthians 6:11. Jesus did it. you did not.


sometimes folks need to hear our secrets, our hidden things...because in the telling they understand that we are not so different after all. they find the courage in our telling to bring their transgressions to the Light at the foot of the great Cross, allowing the precious blood of Jesus to cover once and for all their shame.

some secrets are meant for the tellin'.