Why the Church Brings Clarity
What a great day - weatherwise - it is today. I was reminiscing about church yesterday and thought about the communal fellowship and the depth church brings into my life. Yesterday after church i Hung out with two sweet friends Sara Jane and Ana Luiza. It was a refreshing time of bluhhh here's my crap and encouragment. i really miss those days. i am struggle with transparency with my parents. It's that tension of - I really want you to know who I am but not so much as you might freak out. But anyways the honesty of the Christian life is so freeing. So much growing up I was on gurad because i didn't want anyone to know me and my shit. I mena who would they think i was! but now i feel so much more willing to share to be honest about how i feel and the things i believe in or are struggling with. it's really been revealing in my relationship with davis! But about my title... becuase there's honesty and transparency in the christian walk there is also an accountability of good character and being as Christ. So the church is a place where you share your struggles and lean on your fellow pilgrims for support and encouragement to be more christ like.
About work today I was about to punch Bob - my boss - becuase he kept making me feel inadequate and the Epson printer- becuase it sucks in a pinch!
posted by lynnemily at 3:46 PM
4 Comments:
"...struggle with transparency with my parents. It's that tension of - I really want you to know who I am but not so much as you might freak out. But anyways the honesty of the Christian life is so freeing."
that's really great, and I completely resonate with that.
emily, it's kind of sad because there's getting to be an increasing number of topics of conversation that I just can't have with my parents, because, well, I just can't. It's really frustrating for me, I think mostly because it feels like my parents don't know me or understand me.
this is actually a really big deal.
7:40 AM
it's almost as if you become a ghost of your self. they know you because they raised you but they don't know your struggles, fears or beliefs. but truely would they care to know? some parents just want the reassurence that they raised their kid right, so don't rock the boat by sharing your nasties.that's how i sometimes feel. aarrgh,it is a big deal!
8:25 AM
is this emily spear? if it is then, hello! and if it isn't hello!
man, relationships with parents can be so weird. they are supposed to know you, but most parents know what they want to know and completely dismiss the rest-some sort of forced blissful ignorance. but the thing is, you're beautiful and all parents screw up. something great that clint always says is "parenthood is not about not screwing up, it's about apologizing more."
8:42 AM
oh know you've uncovered my very protected identity! yes yes it's me silly, can't you tell by the pic?
truely though, didn't our parents maybe feel the same way about there parents? did they stop caring??
8:46 AM
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