Pray

I have finally grown weary in hiding my true personality from my family, friends, and my enemies. I want to show everyone who I really am, no matter how much teasing or hatred it may cost. I want to live my life for God; I don't want to be afraid to show out my faith to everyone. I want to grow in the Lord and follow him wherever he takes me.
I think that I am finally strong enough to be me, I mean there are defiantly going to be a lot of things I won't want to be because of fear. But FEAR has made me terrified of living. I have missed out on so many great things because I was to afraid of embarrassing myself. Now I don't really care of what people think of me...sometimes I do, but that's where I have to keep working on.
God's love is everything, and as long as I have that...I know I will be okay.

Please pray for me, thanks :)

It takes real courage to show your feelings!

Trust

How do we learn to trust people? This is a question I know I have been struggling with. These days it is so hard to trust family, friends, leaders, ect. People are always in fear that if anyone knows what they are truly thinking, they will get judged. Many people hide their true thoughts and feelings away because of fear, fear in our society. Society is so degrading of people just being their-selves and it creates us to be something different. I have started   to try and be myself around everyone, sometimes it is the hardest thing to do at the time, because being yourself also means to you should be honest. No one can ever truly be themselves if they aren't honest with people. But how should we trust people? How do we know what to trust them with and what not to trust them with? A lot of the time we over exaggerate things, and think our friends won't like us if they knew things about ourselves that we find horrible and unbearable. We are scared to tell people of the mistakes we make because it will make us seem like less of a person, at least that is what I think. We shouldn't be afraid to tell people about our mistakes because they shouldn't be judging us. It is something that is so easy to stress about, and it requires a lot of thought.
Romans 12:3 - "Because of the privilege and authority God has given me, I give each of  you this warning: Don't think you are better than you really are. Be honest in your evaluation of yourselves, measuring yourselves by the faith God has given us."
This means that we are not suppose to place ourselves higher than anyone else and no one else should place us up higher on the scale. We are all equals no matter what are station. Judging people isn't up to us, it's up to God... are only right is to give LOVE out to people. It's hard to do with some people, but it is worth it in the end.
Now trusting is hard and will always be hard, but once you start trusting people than you will have a better relationship with them. We should learn to be more trusting in people, but we should also be careful who we trust. One person we should place all our trust in is God.
Psalm 56:11 - "In God I trust and am not afraid. What can man do to me."
This explains that we should trust God, and not be afraid of man! That is such a powerful verse, and it has helped me see things in a different light. I am finding it easier to be just myself around people, and I am loving it! No more worries about being judged because I don't care anymore.