Comments on: authentic authenticity

By: risky business : Grit and Glory

risky business : Grit and Glory — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:37:37 +0000

[...] of friends will hurt me. But I still want to risk more in trusting them. I desire to know others intimately and be known by them in that same way. And that can’t happen without [...]

By: Tonggu Momma

Tonggu Momma — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:22:39 +0000

I strive to be authentic with those I love, but it’s easy to see the wall grow higher with each hurt. Regardless, we have to try… because what does life hold for us if we don’t?

By: muffin

muffin — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:19:23 +0000

I agree with a previous poster…. you can only someone as much as they want to be known. But, that being said… I think that if you put yourself out there more and allow them to fully know you, they will feel safe enough to let you in all the way. At least, that is MY hope. ;o)

I’ve been AMAZED at this little thing called blogging over the last few years and how much you CAN know a person…. even a person you’ve never met, or have yet to meet. ;o) Sometimes you just have to jump first and hope the jump in too.

love you dear sweet alece.

By: fight the fear : Grit and Glory

fight the fear : Grit and Glory — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:04:13 +0000

[...] because I believe it’s possible to genuinely know someone on a deep level, doesn’t mean it comes easily for me. I’ve been hurt profoundly, often by those [...]

By: Melissa

Melissa — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:34:36 +0000

Hmmm… pondering that question a little.

While not everyone is transparent and genuine, I am with you, there are definitely people that you just know. You spend life with them and you learn each other.

Thanks for this post

By: alece

alece — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:29:43 +0000

it’s true.

sin makes us unrecognizable.

By: Cindy Beall

Cindy Beall — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:05:32 +0000

I think you can truly know someone. However, what we musn’t forget is that one sly shift away from the norm, from the narrow road can take us places we never dreamed. Places that make others say, “I can’t believe he’d do such a thing.”

Everyday we have to press on to be true to God and in turn, we will be the person that someone can truly know.

By: Ed

Ed — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:03:24 +0000

Great question Alece. I think there are some people who lead such completely open, and honest lives, that it is possible to really know who they are.

It usually takes a challenge for our core personality to show.

When I endure a challenge I usually find out something new about my self. Sometimes it’s a good thing, sometimes it’s not.

By: Soliloquy

Soliloquy — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:36:27 +0000

Living authentically is dangerous business.

We live in a fallen world that is destined to become more and more evil until Christ’s return, and our sin affects one another, often ending in broken relationship.

Paul said this to the church in Corinth, “I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you and to some extent I believe it. No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God’s approval.”

I honestly believe the bottom line is repentance, which incidentally was the crux of Christ’s ministry. You cannot be repentant without possessing humility.

I tend to put myself out there, but I am more wary of who I press into deep relationship with anymore. I just don’t have the time or energy to try to convince people I’m something I’m not.

Even Jesus, who was completely authentic, had boundaries.

My 2¢.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:34:12 +0000

“Deep calling deep” is something that’s been in my spirit lately.

When someone wants a REAL relationship, one where there’s depth and commitment, trust and honesty, iron sharpening iron, no judgment or competition, with a heart that listens and eyes that see – and lots of laughter, too – that would make my heart come alive, too.

You are a very rich woman to have the kind of intimacy you do in those relationships.