LET'S GET NAKED

No, I’m not suggesting we take off our clothes like some current series’ in the media are featuring.  I am suggesting that in relationships of trust and grace we get completely honest with each other about where it is we are struggling.  Ist Corinthians 10:13 should assure us that no matter where we struggle we aren’t as weird as we fear, and it tells us that God’s grace is present and sufficient to help us get it together.  

I believe that some of the things we are pained over aren’t as big a deal as they seem to us, and other things that bother us less ought to get more attention.  In either case, if we are beating around the bush in our self-disclosure and are not willing to get completely honest with ourselves and a trustworthy mature friend who can coach us with practical, biblically-based counsel, we will likely continue in our present course until we wear out and settle for living with frustration and mediocrity.  Let’s not do that.  We don’t have to take all our clothes off to get real and get better.