pageantry
April 24, 2009
I bet you didn’t know I’ve been in a pageant.
But not the kind you’re probably thinking of. I’ve never strut around in a bikini and heels, or shown off some obscure talent, or publicly declared my desire for world peace. No, I’ve never been in that kind of pageant.
My life has been a pageant of a different kind. One in which I’ve been crowned all sorts of things other than Miss America. I’ve worn banners draped across my chest that read:
Or how about:
I’ve walked around wearing those banners for far too long. They’ve shaped how others see me and, more importantly, how I see myself.
It’s time to take them off and replace them with truth.
now that is seriously beautiful.
i like the “banner” you chose, alece. =)
:( but then :) Knowing what HE says, makes everything everyone else says … really not amount to much more than a hill of beans. A (puny) hill of beans. Teeny tiny beans. In a pit. No bigger than the size of your shoe. Perfect for stomping. Yep. Those beans.
You are crowned with glory and honor. (Ps 8:5)
Those girls with their tiaras don’t got nothin’ on our glorious and honorable headpieces.
Amen! I’ll have to say that I’ve been wearing those banners soo… except it’s more like “mister used and mister understood”. ;)
I need this to sink in…deeply…
I desire His banner to be known in my mind, to be felt in my heart, and to be seen by all.
So good. Thanks, Alece.
Please pray for my friends today… they lost their son to cancer.
oh my goodness how I love this one.
You are fast becoming one of my favorite writers Friend.
I love you.
HIS banner, Amen.
I concur.
I love this so much! You’re an incredible writer. God definitely uses you to speak into my life. Even though we’ve never met, I’m so thankful for you.
You’re creative.
I love you.
I hope you rejoice over each strip of banner.
I’ll bet they’re heavy.
good choice.
you are more than enough friend. I can attest to seeing and hearing that overflow out of you.
i can relate, but my question is how… how do you convince yourself they are just lies and take them off for good? If I take mine off, I guess somewhere along the line I put them back on. How do you keep them off for good?
your little ‘who’s online’ map thingy is very cool by the way… totally of topic, but at 5am w/ everyone asleep i have time to explore these things that i normally don’t have time to do!
that’s something i always hope deeply for.
[congrats about getting into SPU. i was just up on queen anne last week -- such a beautiful area!]
i have the same desire…
what does that second sentence even mean?
i don’t know. i’m still trying to learn that, to really know what it means to remove them for good. because the moments when i’m not wearing them are very short-lived, and then i inadvertently put them right back on. different things trigger it, and … on they go.
the lies are so much more believable than the truth…
it’s so unfair.
i know it wasn’t God’s original intention. and yet, even way back in the garden of eden, i see eve more easily believing the lie than the truth. what is UP with that?!
i’m trying to renew my mind, take captive every thought, and SOAK myself in His truth. if it clogs my pores and drips from my soggy fingertips, maybe then my first reaction will be to believe Him rather than the deceptions i’ve been saturated in for so long.
i wish i knew, friend.
i means you have so much to offer. you are wise and stronger than you know. i have seen and experienced the overflow of your heart. It is good…..more than enough.
well, know you’re not in it alone. it totally bites, but at least you’re not alone.
trying to hear…
i wish i didn’t feel so alone…