No more arms length...

I don't know what you're like when you are with your friends but I've never been one to open up and lay it all out. When I was younger I was really shy and introverted. I know...those of you who know me are thinking, "Yea right!" Really, I was. My sister was the extrovert. When we went anywhere, even to the play place at McDonalds she was the one who would run around and meet people and I was the one who sat by myself and played in the dirt. It wasn't until I got to high school that I decided to become more extroverted and that was more of a survival decision than a life change.
I say all that to help you understand that I never have been comfortable with letting people know who I really am. After all I haven't liked me most of my life so why would my friends if they really knew me, especially once I got older and started to be someone behind the scenes that no one else knew.
All that is changing now. I am no longer the person I was because I have a God whose grace is greater than all my sin and whose desire to redeem me is greater than my ability to mess it up. I have had the blessing of being introduced to a group of people I never tried to interact with before. The core of these folks are in my sunday school class, Potters Clay. I've decided to open up and see what happens and guess what, God is using all of these wonderful new friends to show me that He loves me more than I could ever imagine. Our God is so great!