Thursday, January 16, 2014

So you gonna be transparent or NAH?

So this WHOLE blog is supposed to be me being transparent.  FAIL.  I’m supposed to be real about my triumphs and even more so, my failures BUT I keep neglecting this blog because I feel in order for you all to understand where I’m headed you NEED to know where I am coming from.  But that requires y’all knowing my business… I’m honestly not sure how I feel about that but I’ve been reminded OVER AND OVER again that it isn’t about how I feel, it is about what is best for the Kingdom.  I think a lot of you all will benefit from hearing my deepest secrets, my failures and my life of sin because you WILL NOT be able to understand how far God has brought me if I’m not transparent about where I came from.

I really admire the Christians who are able to attach EX-fornicator, EX-liar, EX-“Insert Your Sin Here” to their profiles.  I’ll admit it, I sometimes side eye them but deep down, I’m JEALOUS.  I want y’all to know my struggles but I wasn’t raised that way.  I wasn’t raised to tell my business.  Honestly, most of y’all know that my name is Brie [y’all don’t even know my real name], you know I’m sick [or a flake], and that I went to UGA [do you know I hated it?].  Most people know me on a very superficial level.  But, hey, whose fault is that? MINE.

Recently the Holy Spirit has been nudging me [and I want to pay attention that nudge before it turns into a push] and almost every time during my quiet time I run across a person in the Bible who was transparent about their past life.  My favorite is Saul -> Paul.  I love how he is sold out for the Gospel!  BUT I don’t believe Paul’s story would be as powerful if you didn’t know about Saul. Sometimes people need to see that this new life in Christ is attainable for them and the best way for them to see that is from someone who was like them. 

I just honestly pray that over the time that I get to post on here y’all begin to see how God has worked on me and just how much He loves His kids. 

Coram Deo,

Brittanie-Claire A. Johnson


EX-manipulator 

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