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You Don’t Need to Pretend

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.

2 Corinthians 12:9

When we pretend, people fall in love with our fake self. How do you escape something like that? Pretending makes you awkward, not awesome (I’ve learned that from experience). I have also learned that when you’re vulnerable, the people that love you actually feel closer to you. Men, I’m speaking to you. When you are more vulnerable about your emotions — about feeling stressed, about feeling angry, about feeling sad, about feeling lost —  people feel closer to you, not farther. You connect in the heart instead of the head —  you don’t pretend because you’re rooted in God’s love and your dignity is found in Him. You stopped pretending a long time ago. And you’re thankful to God that you don’t have to pretend because you’ve experienced His real love.

Prayer


Thank you, God, for your love and dignity. With it, I can be vulnerable with others.

Reflection


Do you sometimes find yourself pretending?

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