beautiful mess

A great friend over at the Johnson 4 has a great post today.  A recap of sorts of 2009.  I especially love this post because it is so real.  Nothing fake, nothing false, nothing masked.  It's a look into her authentic, real, raw life.  Where God's working, what she's learning, how life's changing.  I just love that this post is genuine.

How often do we live masked?  How often do we not share our struggles, our troubles, our difficulties?  Even with those who are our sisters (& brothers) in Christ?  Too often.  Somehow it seems that to reveal flaws, mistakes, mess-ups, hang-ups, problems, difficulties, struggles, would also be to reveal weakness.

"But he has said to me, 'my grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.'  Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.  That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weakness, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties.  For when I am weak, then I am strong."  2 Corinthians 12:9-10

A song I love...
"Ah, but you're the one who looks at me and sees who I was meant to be.  More than just a beautiful mess."
Thankful He sees more than just a beautiful mess :)