Free To Be June 13, 2008

My husband’s parents are in town. 

This used to be such a stressful event for me, but these past ten years have brought so much change!  Most of it came within the last two years when we stopped pretending.  I can see now how our old mindset of having all of the answers because we had Jesus really pushed them away.  We had to put on our good Christian mask every time they visited because we were trying so hard to get them saved. 

Stepping out of the religious pretending and striving has allowed us to finally have a relationship with these wonderful people.  As I share my faults and struggles, they open up about their own.  They know we haven’t walked away from our faith and that it has actually deepened, but it is so much easier to discuss spiritual things when you aren’t trying to manipulate the other person.

The freedom of being – of being me and allowing them to be.  There are no words.