10/06/2006 11:13:00 AM

vulnerablility

Definitions:
1. Susceptible to physical or emotional injury.
2. Susceptible to attack.
3. Open to censure or criticism; assailable.

According to the definitions above, letting yourself be vulnerable to anyone or anything around you is a bad thing. Because it is almost like a guaranteed way of getting hurt, either physically or emotionally, which really sucks. But is it really bad??

Recently have been reminded about how we can and should love other people. And how loving others is a way of showing people that God is present in our lives. As I have said before, loving others is a choice.

Guess I am disturbed by the fact that there are some people who don't seem to make an effort to love others, to love people around them. And by the manner in which they kind of go around to hurt people intentionally. I wanna ask them why they like to do that. Does it bring them pleasure?? Does it make them feel like they're stronger or more powerful??

Whatever and however you guys see me to be, I'm someone with a very fragile and soft heart. And I get hurt easily. My mom would say that my secondary love language is words. So what others say and do really matter a lot to me. Because of that, I tend to keep my heart close to me, under lock and key. And to only let people I see as trustworthy into the deepest part of me. And now, that is being challenged.

Believe that God wants me to just let go of my heart, that it's His way of teaching me to be unafraid of what Man can do to me. I need to learn to simply trust in Him and find security in Him alone. Know in my head that my God can definately protect me from getting hurt. Think it's time for it to become heart knowledge.

And it's not about imposing your expectations of others upon them. But rather to expect the best of yourself and let others make their own choices. We can only change ourselves, and even then, it is only possible by God's grace.

So now, it's a journey of opening myself up to the world. To love others with no strings attached. To be willing to give my all in His name, to bless those around me.

Lord, please cause me to loosen the grip I have on my own heart. Give me the ability to love others like You. I desire to be vulnerable to all so that Your love may pour forth from me to everyone else. I love You. Thank You Father. Amen.

"We love because He first loved us." 1 John 4:19

+ AMEN

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