CONFESSIONS – Read This First

28 posted on August 28, 2008

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Dear Reader,

As I prepare to write the first post in my new Confessions series, I wanted to write a disclaimer of sorts so you would know where I’m coming from.

The Confessions series is a place where I can peel back the layers of who I am. It’s a series of posts where I can be brutally honest about some of my worst fears, failures and flaws. I’m not blogging about this in an attempt to be controversial or get lots of hits and I’m certainly not proud of some of these attributes.

These struggles represent some of my worst aspects or most embarrassing characteristics but they’re only small facets of who I really am. I am a work in progress. God is working in my life on a daily basis to transform me into the person He created me to be.

In the meantime though I battle these thoughts and emotions on a daily basis. This passage from Romans 7 best sums up what these posts are going to be about.

“I don’t understand myself at all, for I really want to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Instead, I do the very thing I hate. When I want to do good, I don’t. And when I try not to do wrong, I do it anyway. It seems to be a fact of life that when I want to do what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong. I love God’s law with all my heart. But there is another law at work within me that is at war with my mind. This law wins the fight and makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me” (Romans 7:15-23)

So this is my life. This is who I am when I take the mask off. These are the things I struggle with. These are the battles I fight. Sometimes I win. Many times I lose.

Hopefully you’ll see yourself in some of my struggles and remember that we’re all in this together.

Sincerely,

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1 » CONFESSION: I Care Way Too Much About What Other People Think Of Me – BradRuggles.com said:

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2 b/ said:

transparency, vulnerability, authenticity, honesty

sounds like the life we’re called to live.
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August 28, 2008

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3 Lisa @ put-it-on-the-list said:

Scary! Very brave of you.

I made a small confession a couple of posts ago and it was liberating but terrifying. Good luck as you peel back the layers!

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4 alece said:

wow.

thank you for your transparency.

seriously.

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5 Crystal Renaud said:

this is pretty rad. i look forward to reading and learning from this series.

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