Thursday, November 16, 2006

Shhhhh! (a.k.a. why do we keep secrets?)

Thursdays get me pumped! It is my early day...4:30 a.m. (that's right, 4:30 does come around twice daily!) to the gym and then to our men's group at 6:30 for bagels, coffee, and good company. We have a faithful group of 9-11 guys and we laugh, cry (but very little...we are MEN you know!), and try to figure out what God is saying to us through His Word. We have been studying Genesis...just fascinating. Today, we were on chapter 3 which deals with the first sin. We spent the entire time dealing with the issue of temptation. But when push comes to shove, we just can't let the secrets out. We are all friends...all trust each other...we're all Christians...we're all probably dealing with nearly exactly the same things, but shhhhhh. We only wanna go so far in admitting our sin struggles. We don't want to let the secret out.

But why? Won't that help? Isn't that what the Lord was saying through James when He said "confess your sins to each other and pray for each other that you may be healed." Don't we really want healed? Then why are we afraid to confess, at least to each other.

I'm praying for strength today...strength to be real. Strength to be vulnerable. Strength to open up. Strength to ask some of the strongest guys I know to help me to be strong...

What about you?

3 comments:

Keith H. McIlwain said...

Here is a related blog entry you may like.

beetlegirlvw said...

What about not only the sins, but the burden of the sins? You have to share the sins to begin to release yourself from the burdens of it. If all of life is shhhhh and you're not trusting your fellow Christians enough to share/talk about sin, then how would anyone expect God to carry the weight of our burden? Isn't Matthew 11:29 about sharing your burdens with others and submitting them to GOD, allowing him to carry the weight of your burdens, manage them, allowing us to trust, learn, and walk in obedience with HIM...not sin? Isn't that how he gives us rest? He bares the weight, shows us how to deal with the sins/burden, and we get rest?

Brett Probert said...

Beetlegirl. YO! You preach it girl! That is right on the money. Thanks for enhancing the point.

PS: I'm glad you are Jack are coming along on Thanksgiving...will be a great time! I personally guarantee that you'll be more thankful this Thanksgiving because of your service to those in need!