Just a thought by coppi

Just a thought by coppi

In order to protect our hearts from the pain and wounds of the world we both consciously and subconsciously build walls. These walls take all sorts of forms. Some walls are built for appearance so that outward beauty covers up inward brokenness. Some walls are built to be strong and tough so that pride and strength cover up inward vulnerability and self-consciousness. Some walls are built in order to blend in so that people pass us by altogether and never try to know us. Whatever wall we choose to build, one thing’s for certain: the walls might guard us from harm, but they also keep us from ever experiencing true life.  Greg Denison First 15 April 11, 2018

I looked up the definition of walls and found there were many kinds of walls – load-bearing walls, non-bearing walls, a high thick masonry structure forming a long rampart or an enclosure chiefly for defense, a mass of people or things formed in such a way that you cannot get through or past them, etc etc; but the walls I was interested in are the walls we build around us to protect people knowing our real self.

I liked Greg Denison analysis of walls we build around ourselves to keep disappointment, hurt, pain, etc from creeping into our souls.  Maybe you are one of the blessed that have not had to deal with hiding behind walls but I have.  I can remember every hurt I endured through life, I would say “not again” and up went a wall.  I can remember one time in Dallas, Texas, when I was trying to be accepted and please the world, I prayed; “Jesus, what do you want me to do and be”? Deep within I heard “Be yourself”.  It took many years to finally realize that is who He created me to be – ‘myself’.  In Ps 139:14-15 God talks about how he knew us before we were born and how wonderful his workmanship was in creating us to be exactly how he wanted us to be.  “Be yourself”.  If that is enough for God, I guess it’s enough for me.