1,234 visits

So im kinda weirdly excited because i opened up my blog and saw that i was the 1,234 visitor. NBD. Just thought id say haha :)

Authenticity

I've been thinking alot about this lately... and i just feel like i should articulate my thoughts and just get them straight... in MY brain, But also share them with you. 

Im writing little pieces of this each day, and taking my time, because i really want my thoughts to be clear and understood. 

I think i'll start with a definition. Authentic is one of those words that EVERYONE knows what it means, but then when it comes to defining the word, everyone has a different definition. Well here's the official definition-

Authentic (ADJ)- Of undisputed origin or authorship; genuine; accurate in representation of the facts; trustworthy; reliable: An authentic account. When i read that definition i think of someone i can be sure of. That they make it obvious who they really are. Confident and caring. They're always themselves, you can trust them and rely on them for everything.  But the thing that really stands out to me when i read this definition though is the last part.

"accurate in representation of the facts; trustworthy; reliable: An authentic account."

When i read that, i think... when someone represents them-self as the person they really are, they're seen as being trustworthy and reliable, because they're an authentic account of them-self. 

So if you aren't an authentic account of yourself, does that make you an unreliable person? Does it make you not trustworthy? 

Do you want that? What DO you want? What DO you want to do with your life? How are you going to spend your time on earth? Its up to you. That's a beautiful thing about life.

Another thing i thought about was how we all want to look like that one celebrity. We all have that person that we want to look like and sometimes even act like. We all have that one person that we look up to and what to be just like them. Im even guessing that specific person came to mind when you read that. Maybe not, but i know we all at one point in or life (if not all of it), have that person we want to be identical to. Sometimes we try so hard to be like someone else, that we become inauthentic. 

in-authenticity is toxic. 

When you try your entire life to please others, you aren't being yourself. You aren't being the person God created you to be. 

Sometimes we're afraid of letting people close to us, letting them be around us, because we're afraid they'll see the "real us"

But who's the "real us" anyways? 

God's looking for those who are themselves inside and out. We, as Christians have the privilege of being God's servants. To teach and preach about God. We can help people open their mind and heart to God and others. 

To me, this sounds like it would be really hard. But in God, we have refuge. 

But authenticity is a daily practice.

We can only be Gods when we let go of what we think and others think we need to be like and be ourselves. We can love ourselves and others through Gods love for us. 


Authenticity demands whole hearted loving and living. We need to model Gods grace and love to everyone around us, all the time.

We have to go to scripture to know what God wants us to be, because culture wont tell us. Culture tells us its all about ourselves, scripture tells us otherwise.


There's a security we need in our identity that we can only truly get from God.


Authenticity is something i struggle with, but work towards. Im getting better, but still have so much work to do until im even close to authentic. 


I ask you to join this battle with me and work towards being authentic... because if we aren't authentic, then we cant be as strong of servants for God. 

Back From The Trip

Hey! So im really sorry that i havent posted any pictures from the trip yet. Ive been super busy. How is it im more busy now than i was when school was in or even during finals week? I thought summer was for sitting out by the pool and relaxing. Buying hundreds of pairs of sunglasses and going to sonic happy hour every day and not having a care in the world. Well its been the opposite of that for me lately. Not only have i been super busy, but ive had lots of emotional stress. I dont have the time to explain it all, or to get all the pictures together from the trip, but ill hopefully get them both on here eventually :)

I love youuuu,
Anna