This month’s conversation has been about “Going Deep”, the things we want to talk about, deal with, but often times find ourselves avoiding. Dealing with your junk, this week’s topic, is especially challenging because none of us want to even think about it, much less talk about it.
Yet, the reality is, our junk, our failures, mistakes and sin, is chewing us up on the inside. It effects our perception, decision making and ultimately determines what part we allow God to play in our lives… there is an answer.
Just like our predecessors, Adam & Eve, we run and hide when confronted with our junk. Yet, the one who cares for us the most, the one who desires to calm your heart and love you no matter what, is the one we’re turning away from.
In this conversation, we connect with our own need to be transparent, honest and vulnerable. Without it, we experience pain emotionally, spiritually and even physically.
1 John 1:9 says that if you confess your junk, He is faithful to forgive us and purify us from all of it.
Lay it all out there, get it off your chest and conscious. Find a person you trust and unload your heaviness.
In Matthew 11:28-30 of the Message translation reads ”Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”
Listen to this podcast and tell me what you think.
