A quick understanding on what this blog is supposed to be. I'm not one to journal, but I'd like a place to record more daily events of a long term nature. So when fun, cool, or memorable things happen to me or through me I'll have a simple way of recording them. I hope you find my life as wonderful as I do, because I've found I genuinely enjoy it. After all, every day's a holiday!
Today I met a few friends at Panera. If you live in the greater Toledo, OH area, you probably know the Panera on Airport of which I speak. We sat by the window, the six of us sharing about our week and where we were at personally.
The title of this post is "Raw" because that's exactly how we were with each other. We placed some heavy stuff on that table. The kind of things you normally keep in the deep dark closets of your life. The ones no one knows about unless, much to your embarrassment, you are caught red handed in the deed. And while none of us were set to wallow in our misfortune, it was not telling the story of where what we'd just walked through. It was where we found ourselves in that moment, at this stage, through this storm of life. And it was incredibly refreshing.
My friend shared a quote she'd recently come across in a book. It says, "The biggest temptation is not to try to be perfect. No one is. The biggest temptation is to let everyone else believe that you are. That is the church temptation."
So I end this with the reminder that there is freedom in sharing, confessing, and experiencing real life together. And never forget that every day's a holiday.
