to live well…

living well has been a phrase that has been consistently coming out of my mouth in the last few months.  i know that it is because i have been adamit about healing for most of my life because at some random point along the way i realized that we have all been hurt so deeply in one form or another.  and because of that hurt we live the rest of our lives trying to pick up the pieces or act like the hurt does not affect us … that is untrue … we consistenly live out everyday our fallen self.  

unless we seek redeemption. 

i long to live holistically well and i do not mean perfect, by any means.  but what i do mean is that i live my life honestly without fear or shame.  i desire to be a part of community who actively pursues the exact same thing.  i am tired of interacting with blinded brokenness that appears to “have-it-all-together” and then using the name of Jesus to justify errors or really just bad choices. 

i long to live among people who teach me things because they know their epic.  i long to share mine as well.  i want to live among people who are consistent in their longing to learn because that is where growth happens … when our thoughts and beliefs are challenged.

more than anything i long to know my triune God is a more intimate and personal way because i am a part of an active community who is in pursuit of Truth that is appliedto all areas of life.  a dear friend said to me today, “julia, i cannot desire to know Truth if I have an agenda attached to what i think that Truth must mean”.  that is it!!  we cannot attach our own fallen ideas to what has never been fallen.  God is True.  Jesus walked in Truth and the Holy Spirit guides us toward the Truth. 

to know the triune Truthful God is the basis of living well.