Telling It Like It is

This month my second 30 day challenge is to read a scripture from the Bible daily and pray over it. I call it my bible challenge. I am a Christian and I attend church weekly but if I’m honest with you reading the Bible is not my favorite.

Atleast in past years it hasn’t been. Last month, my church participated in a fast. Every year we do this, and every year I promise myself I’ll not only partake in eating one meal a day but I will also pray and STUDY my bible more. Not just read a scripture and close the book, or bible app rather.

This fasting period, I did alright with carrying this promise out but I know I can do better. So I set up a challenge for myself to read AND study the Bible for 30 days (I’m aware it should be an ongoing daily habit but a girls gotta start somewhere).

I am proud to say it’s going better than I thought it would. For starters, I’ve found a system of studying the Bible that works for me and allows me to get the revelation from it that I had been missing during past trials.

In this particular season I’m having an easier time applying the scriptures to my actual life. Today I stumbled upon the words in Ephesians 4, verses 21 through 25.

“Since you have heard about Jesus and have learned the truth that comes from him, throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy. So stop telling lies. Let us tell our neighbors the truth, for we are all parts of the same body.” Ephesians 4: 21-25 New Living Translation

Heres how God have it to me (Crystal’s Living Translation): Since you know the truth, the old you is gone. The new you is here. Be honest. Tell it like it is.

Tell it like it is.

It was right there. Hidden in plain sight. The reason I’m writing in the first place.

To tell the truth.

I named this site I Come Unraveled because for a rather long time I have been lying. I have been pretending to have it all together.

Like some of you.

But the old me is gone. The new me is here. I must tell the truth to everyone.

I do not have it all together and neither do you. And we don’t have to pretend that we do.

Coming unraveled doesn’t have to be a bad thing. It’s when all the old layers fall away and what’s left is revealed for all to see.