At the end...

Time for a mild rant, I'm tired of hearing the phrase "at the end of the day". Every one and their brother is using it, someone put a fork in it because it's done. I figure when the dust settles we will realize that al the pundits where just trying to sound like visionaries, with a overly market tested catch phrase. To me, it just sounds like a bunch of "talking point" writers have become lazy, and once the cards have been dealt and the hand played they will be shown for the frauds that they are. So hopefully soon, we will hear the final buzzer and some more creative ways of expressing themselves. Cue the fat lady please....

I'm NAKED!!!

"I'm NAKED!!!!" My girls, cry out as they get ready for their shower. The joy of being naked and unashamed. That joy was lost to me some time ago. I don't remember when exactly when it happened, but I know I'm as prone as anybody to try to cover myself. Cover myself with all kinds of things. To shift the blame, to spin the perception of others towards me. The hope that others would only see what I show them.
I have seen Christ working in my life, the changing of my heart, the renewing of my mind. I asked God to show me where I needed to be humbled, my pride broken. Even though I was warned that it might lead to humiliation. As the t-shirt reads, "pain is just weakness leaving your body" I think it might also be true that humiliation is just pride leaving your spirit. As I have been humbled I find that it was pride that reveled my shame. When I thought I deserved to be seen as greater than I am, and was seen as I truly am, I was humiliated. In my pride I esteemed myself to highly. There for I strive to be naked to myself and others, I am uneducated, I am unpopular, I am naked. And my yes will be yes, and my no, no. Even to myself.


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