To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is what it means to be loved by God.
–Timothy Keller
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The truth is we are all wrestling. We all walk with a limp. We are all trying to cope with the trauma that comes with existing in a fallen world, whether it’s having our hearts broken by people we trusted, having loved ones separated from us by death, etc

having inclinations toward things that bring us shame, having a marred sense of value… You fill in the blank. I’ve come to the unfortunate realization that there is a version of Christianity that many of us have bought into that has trained us to be professional pretenders.

This thread is for people ready to shatter the veneer of polished Christianity and to step into the vulnerability the Gospel requires before the great work of grace can transpire in our lives.

Perhaps if we were all honest about our issues, honesty wouldn’t feel so isolating. After all, Jesus didn’t die for the image we project. Jesus died for who we really are.

My desire is that one day we will all be willing to step over the line from hopelessness to hope, from hurt to healing, from struggle to surrender—that we will look around the room, beneath the cross, seeing each other and hearing Jesus say those words: “you are not alone.”