INSPIRASUNS

As I was traveling home yesterday I was listening to a podcast that I regularly listen to. It was a conversation between the host and his good friend a Pastor who I’ve come to enjoy listening to. They both have a natural humor that just makes you smile as you listen to their conversation. It’s not a stuffy, preaching-type podcast, it’s very relatable and just easy to listen to.

Their conversation yesterday was different though. They discussed being vulnerable and allowing Father to see the vulnerability. I don’t have enough time to go into how this conversation began, this little blog wouldn’t be so little this morning if I did, but I wanted to share some thoughts about their discussion.

We all know about repentance, asking Father for forgiveness when we step out of line, when we commit sin, that’s pretty self-explanatory right. We error and we ask for forgiveness and strength to overcome that temptation in the future. Well, what about the ability to forgive those who have sinned against us? Sometimes, many times, that is not as easy. Many times we carry the burden, the hurt, and the anger for a long time. We bury that hurt down deep until we don’t see it or feel it, but at the end of the day, it’s still there just waiting to come out.

This is where being vulnerable with Father comes in. Who else in the world can we trust more than God to help us with the pain we feel? Who else in the world is going to understand that pain or anger better than Him? Father knows what’s buried inside us and He’s waiting for us to open ourselves to Him. We just need to be vulnerable enough to ask him to come in and help heal the pain, take the anger from us, and help us forgive.

On the podcast yesterday the pastor used the word intimacy with Father, our best friend. Intimacy meaning “into me you can see”. When we truly open ourselves up to Him, we let him see inside our hearts. And… when we truly do that, Father reciprocates, He allows us to see into Him, to see the unconditional love he has for us.

Opening up sometimes is not easy, but holding in the pain or anger we may carry will never make us happy and will always place a distance in some way between us and Father.

Lots to think about this morning, my friends. Let’s find some time to be vulnerable and share with our best friend. We need to let Him see our hearts and let Him help us heal and forgive.

Wishing you all a great day 🙂 .

Ephesians 4:32
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.