Raw Honesty

For some time now, I've been thinking of the different masks we all wear. Most of the time, we don't even realize we're doing it - it's become a habit for us. Maybe you have a mask for certain situations or people.

I don't think that I have different masks for different people. But, I do have the tendency to hide behind the appearance that my life is perfect. And it isn't. So I'm being honest and striping off my mask(s).

- I still struggle with acne at age 25; some
   days more than others.
- When I was in my early teens, for some
  reason I started unconsciously picking at
  my eyebrows. This was usually while
  reading or watching TV. In the past, I hid
  this with eye pencils. But lately, I've been
  challenging myself to let people see the
  Real Me - without make-up to hide behind.
  And it has been so freeing.
- I want people to like me. Call it 'fear of
  man', introvert, people pleaser, etc. I did
  draw lines, but I have always compared
  myself to others and then looked for ways
  I could imitate them to be what I deemed
  'socially acceptable'. But I think I have
  finally kicked that to the curb (with God's
  help). I am more comfortable in my own
  skin, and this also is freeing.
- Do I read my Bible every day? Not every
  morning or evening. But we do Family
  Devotions in the morning, and Family
  Prayer at night. And thank goodness for
  the ESV Bible app on my phone!

I'm sure there are more areas I could work on strengthening and growing in, but that's all that I could think of first off.

These next few weeks are going to be busy for my family. We're in the midst of moving, and that's consuming most of our time right now. But I will be posting the first full week of November for Morgan's book tour with Crannig Castle. 

See you in a few weeks!!
Katelyn