An Honest Post About Honesty

Honesty, what a concept. My husband is the most honest person in the whole world. It's so true. I'll keep saying it until the cows come home. Knowing him has taught me many truths about honesty and this concept the 'youngins' call 'being real.'

In honor of his honesty, here is a cute picture of him. 

So, let's talk about what being real means (in my humble opinion), and what being real is not.

-Sometimes we under-appreciate honesty. Sometimes we take the truth personally. When someone tells us a truth we take it as a personal attack (when it's not desirable truth) and get our feelings hurt and, consequently scold the other person for speaking truth.

-Realness is face to face (Not stinking text message). When is the last time you had a face to face conversation with another human being about the true desires and thoughts of your heart? Do you have someone to whom you can expose the true desires of your heart? Both the ugly and beautiful?

-Since it is face-to-face, realness is not on social media. We've all done it. We carefully go through pictures that we are tagged in and untag those that do not flatter us. We say very thoughtful and lengthy compliments to our friends while we hide bitterness and jealousy in our hearts. We only post things to show the world how great and perfect our lives are. This is not real life.

-We avoid truth in the day-to-day. We lie to ourselves.

What do you do in life to save face, avoid necessary honest talks, and keep yourself looking pristine?

When was the last time you rebuked a friend in a Godly and Biblical fashion?

Now, I must note that the danger I have found in my own developing honesty is the difficult to manage 'brutal honesty.' It is easy to confuse being honest with just being plain rude.

Yes, this is tough. I'm feeling convicted.

Hey, I have an idea! Let's do our thing and ask the Father to show us how.