June 28: THE COST OF FAKING IT IS ISOLATION. VULNERABILITY LEADS TO COMMUNITY.

Affirmation: I am imperfect and I am enough.

You are the best when you are YOU. Be vulnerable, authentic and know that you are enough.
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Ponder, Personalize, Practice: Spend time memorizing, meditating on God’s peace today. 

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.  JOHN 14:27 
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Walk in Grace. Live in Love. By Bob Goff 

                       June 28


THE COST OF FAKING IT IS ISOLATION. 
VULNERABILITY LEADS TO COMMUNITY. 

Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. 
JAMES 5:16 

I have a few friends who have been brave enough to go into recovery programs. They made the courageous choice to quiet the voices in their hearts saying they wouldn't be accepted if they told the truth and got the help they needed. 


The battle leading up to recovery can be a lonely fight, I'm told. People hear one voice saying they need help right now while the other voice says, "You can stop after the next one." And the next one, and the next one. After all the next ones, brokenness crashes in where reason couldn't, and the last episode becomes the catalyst someone needs to ask for help. Help comes in the form of people who don't run away. 


Plenty of us have our secrets. Bumping into the car. Fudging taxes. Too much alcohol. The relationship. Whatever it is, bad choices have this whiplash effect, causing us to avoid anyone who might discover them. That will cause distance and loneliness. Most of us have something we're afraid to tell the other people in our lives. We tell ourselves we can beat it alone, but our solo struggle against it keeps us isolated. 


Don't fake perfection. Go for broke instead. The hidden cost of faking it is isolation, but the payoff of vulnerability is community. Find someone safe and share the part of your life you hide from others. You're going to find the rejection you fear is a myth and lie. People will still love you. Hope will catch you on the other side of your confession. 


What do you need to confess today? 

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