Monday, October 26, 2015

“Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. It's about the choice to show up and be real. The choice to be honest. The choice to let our true selves be seen.”

~ Brene Brown 

 JEREMIAH 17-19

7“But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord,

whose confidence is in him.

8They will be like a tree planted by the water

that sends out its roots by the stream.

It does not fear when heat comes;

its leaves are always green.

It has no worries in a year of drought

and never fails to bear fruit.”

 1 TIMOTHY 6

6But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. 8But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. 9Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.



JOURNAL

Honestly I constantly struggle to trust in God and not in the things of this world. Sometimes it feels impossible. I want to have hope and I want to be content and sometimes it feels like the only way that is possible is through other people and or with money and possessions. I know deep in my soul that this is just a lie, yet sometimes it feels like it is the only solution. It just seems easier that way.  I think that is the lie...that the easier path is the better one. Reality is that the easier path leads to personal destruction.

 

However I do realize that God created all and called it good. I think the error is in trusting or desiring anything in place of God. If I love and desire money in place of God, or if I put another person in place of God himself...then that person or that object has become my God. Then I am in danger of wandering from faith and becoming completely disillusioned. Yet the reality is that all of these things take me outside of myself and outside of my authentic self. The one God created to be. Anytime I run from or try to be more than I am...I walk away from God.