"Open rebuke is better than secret love."
Proverbs 27:5
This strikes me today, because it isn't just talking about honesty, but about openness... revealing who we are to others rather than hiding it. On the most basic level, it is just about being real with people rather than being fake.
I don't think that God needs us to be open with everyone... it's okay to keep details from scammers for instance. :) I do however, think that openness and vulnerability is part of what we need to learn about love. We can't both remain untouched by emotion and experience the full depth of emption that love requires.
Today, let's work on our authenticity... really being present with people and being our true selves. That doesn't mean just being heartless and cruel... we should work on our true selves if those are the things that bubble up to the top... but it does mean being open and not hiding who we are. We have to admit who are (sometimes discover who we are) before we can improve it, after all. :) Let's stick with God and work on staying open to love and to positive change.
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