scars, mistakes, and bruising shame

“I’m not gonna hide, I’m not gonna run away. I’ll uncover the scars and show You every mistake. Your love is mending my blisters and bruising shame. Here with You, I am safe.” –“Safe” by Natalie Grant
 
In November 2011, God took me on a journey of no longer running and no longer hiding. He began to uncover the wounds in my life that had never healed and began to heal them. In the safety of His arms, my life became more complete and whole than it had ever been before. Everything from my past that had left some kind of wound on my soul was being healed (through a very painful but beautiful process). 
 
I now walk in that newness and with renewed relationships. I have become the person that God called me to be because in His arms, I was safe.
 
Now I’m on The World Race. I find myself with people I barely know and who barely know me. We are living lifeogether. We minister together, we eat together, we share rooms together. But the thing that I’ve found over the past year is that doing life together is more than just being with people. Doing life together means its safe. It’s safe to show your scars and mistakes. It’s safe to pour into their lives and to let them pour into your life.