Do you have a secret? A hidden event in your life, an elusive dream, a consuming fear … and no one knows. Don’t we all?
Postsecret is a project acknowledging that we all have secrets and that really, we all want to tell someone. So, you can create a 4 x 6 postcard with your secret revealed and send it in to possibly be posted on this blog or maybe even published in a book.
Heather has created an incredible montage of secrets. It is disturbing and inspiring at the same time. The most heartbreaking thing is what keeps us from revealing our secrets to each other. Fear of judgment, fear of not being accepted, fear of ridicule. Our secrets keep us in bondage.
I have written before that I believe that one of the greatest tools of the enemy is isolation. If we believe that we are alone in our struggles and our choices and if we fear being honest with others, we fight out battles alone.
It is unfortunate the body of Christ may be the greatest offender when it comes to silencing the secrets. When unconditional love and acceptance is replaced with judgment, with gossip, with banishment, the enemy remains free to destroy.
Is it possible to create a safe atmosphere? A safe haven where people can be who they are without carrying the burden of fear that their darkest secret may be revealed and result in being crucified, ostracized, demonized. Maybe we are getting distracted by praying for revival, calling for a return to morality, taking back America for God. Could it be that those things are tightening the chains of bondage that our secrets have upon us?
I believe that God wants us to be free and it is the truth that sets us free. Living in false identities because we fear being authentic will never allow us to walk through open jail cells.
So, what’s your secret?
Immersed in the Mystery,
