Unashamed

Just the thought of living shame free gives me chills. The thought of genuine, heart felt and heart filled living lights me up. The idea of not being hindered by any sort of doubt or fear or imprisoning thought of insecurity...what a whimsical and fantastical and far away life that seems! But why? To live a life honoring Christ Jesus is the key that is handed to us on a wooden cross that allows us to live a shame-free life. 

That saying seems so churchy. It loses its meaning behind the churchy sounding lingo to me. “To live a life honoring Christ Jesus” has somehow become synonymous with living an organized and sensical and put-together and trendy life. Organized? That’s not me. Put-together? That’s not what this eighteen year old heart feels. Trendy? That’s not what this eighteen year old heart wants. 

I want thrills and adventures and journeys that take me to the ends of the earth, that introduce me to people who’s languages I’ve never even heard spoken. When did genuine and joy-filled, authentic living become the opposite of Christianity? 

The Bible is filled with stories of crazy happenings, of foreigners meeting, of long journeys with (at the time) unknown endings. Lives filled to the brim with suspense and with daring bravery. 

Living un-ashamed of the passions and dreams and visions of this heart seems to be the key to unlock this lively, daring, ever-changing and most fundamentally, Jesus centered life. 

If Jesus is the goal, if Jesus is the center, if Jesus is the purpose, then Jesus is the confidence and the boldness and the ability to live unashamed. To live life intentionally and in a way that will make an eternal difference for the kingdom of our great God, there’s no other way other than putting on the confidence of Jesus Christ himself and stepping these feet out in a direction pointing anywhere.