What I Really Meant to Say
ok ok. yesterday i did this thing that i do more often that i’d like to admit (did i just admit it?). i tip-toe around what i really mean to say, what i really want to say. instead of giving out what i think you need to hear, i give out what i think you want to hear. i try not to be abrasive. yes, i have issues and i just want to be liked.
here’s what i really meant to say:
you (and me) are not becoming who you’re supposed to be if you are putting yourself first. quite frankly, and deep down you know it’s true, when God BECOMES the priority in your life you can feel the becoming process moving in the “right” direction.
when you become less, when i become less we begin to move farther away from becoming the person that we don’t want to be.
john 3:30 couldn’t be more clear. God must become greater, and i must become less.
i did say this how i meant to yesterday (believe it or not) when i shared that this process is frightening and debilitating and overwhelming. when we BECOME less we lose control. and that scares the crap out of us… at least it’s awfully messy for me. it stinks.
there it is. become who God created you to be. use the new beginning that this season brings to embrace the challenge of making Him greater and making you less.
following up on this challenge will not, that’s right, NOT, make your life easier (let that sink in) but it WILL make your life better.
let’s become who God created us to be. anything less is not worth living…
