How Much Truth ?

Writing, and being sensitive to others...

Just how much truth do you want?

I was reading a friends blog and she mentioned that she was curious if 

her blogging style/content has changed since her family started following.

She is a such a great blogger to follow, she often makes me laugh out loud!

I had to ask myself, 

'Do you hold back saying or sharing certain things

because of who may read it?'

I'm not going to deny,

it crosses my mind.

When it does its a reminder to 

give what I write careful thought.

Echo of My Heart

a blog that came to be 

because my heart was hurting so deeply

after the loss of my sweet Dad. 

I wanted to release,

what was on my heart.

To be raw, it was an attempt to 

put into words the magnitude of my loss.

To express the degree of pain that took residence in this heart of mine.

Of course, no amount of writing could really express the depth of that loss.
Still I wanted to vent, release some of it.
Writing helped me so much in doing that.

I think we need to accept a certain amount of responsibility

in terms of privacy, and content

written in our blogs.

First and foremost 

I want readers to know, 

I am a flawed person

who loves a BIG God!

It is never my intent to judge another in what I write.
I am writing what has and hasn't worked for me.
I am write about that which I'm curious
and
that I'm yet to understand.


I don't ever want a reader to leave my blog 

without sensing,or not knowing,

that I am a Christian.

I try very hard to not,
 live a life that could be seen as hypocritical.

I have a responsibility to my faith to 

walk the talk of that faith.

I can't see sharing my faith

in one post, 

to then writing

anything that may appear the opposite in the next.

I'm careful not to share anything personal that should

be only between my husband and myself.

I am careful to not share anything about my children that could

possibly upset them or be seen as an invasion of their privacy.

It is not a place for me to vent anger or disappointment,
in regard to naming an individual or group.

That would be between me and that person(s),

I may however,
 write  of 'what I've learned' through the experience
of feeling angry, disappointed or hurt..

I

will share my feelings about life and its situations,

what my experience was from each.

Again, I am a flawed person,

so I'm not about to judge.

Speaking from my heart,

 is what this blog is about.

~

With that said, it pains my heart to read a post either
 on a blog or on Facebook of
a person who has shared about their faith

only to
  turn around and write a post that
does not reflect that they live their belief.

  

Nothing hurts the Christian faith more 

than one claiming to be a Christian,

when

 the life led,

and

 the words shared

do not reflect the same.

Mark 7:6
He replied, "Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written: " 'These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
 

It is not required that you the reader agree or not.

My intent is not to offended anyone.
 Just sharing my thoughts
on thinking about what is to be written before we write it.
That we are careful not to hurt or offend someone.
I believe we are to build each other up !

I Thessalonians 4:18

Therefore encourage one another with these words.

This is what echos from my heart today.......