dailydatewithgod

There is a popular expression that I have heard many times, “We are only as sick as our secrets.”  The funny thing about secrets is that if they were something simple to do and meant to be kept quiet we would not agonize over them.  We would not have to fight to keep them from getting out, make up stories to keep them hidden, or be someone else so that no one finds out.  If something is meant to be kept quiet it simply is.  We do not have to work so hard to keep it down.  It is like Adam and Eve in the garden when they realized that they were naked.  They went into hiding.  Prior to that they were walking around in the garden with no shame or needing to hide.  It wasn’t until they grabbed hold of the idea that there was something to be covered up that they began to hide.  God who created all, knows all.  Most of the time when we try to hide, we are only fooling ourselves.  Our freedom comes in disclosing who we truly are.  Accepting ourselves warts and all.  Recognizing that there are parts of ourselves that we may not like, but using those parts to build character instead of running from them.  In the end, the more we run, the more we are chased. If we ask God for the courage to face whatever it is that we are hiding from, then we can begin to walk in the light of the truth of who we truly are.  Love doesn’t grow in the dark. My prayer for you today is that you be willing (even if you don’t want to) reveal one of your secrets to God and ask to see what God thinks of it.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen