I'm deb and I'm a flawed human being....

The other day I was chatting to our friend Alex 

and we were talking about how it seems to us that church is not always

a place where everyone can feel safe and not

judged for who they are.

I said that I wished that church was like AA

where the only rule is that you have to be an alcoholic,

there is no other qualification.

According to the AA website (I looked it up after my conversation with Alex)

AA is about people who "share their experience strength and hope with each other
that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover"

Seems to me we could all do with a bit of that.

It's not just a church thing, it's a life thing

it's easy to look around us at people and judge them for the things they are doing,

even if we don't mean too;

but the reality is that we are all flawed human beings,

and that is a great starting point.

Sometimes you just need to take of the mask of "I"m fine and I'm coping"

and just acknowledge that sometimes life is difficult

and that it's ok to fall apart a little bit.

And then maybe the other person will be able to acknowledge where they are at

and the two of you can encourage each other.

Let's face it, life is hard enough without

making it harder for someone else.

What's that saying about a mile in someone's shoes?

most of the time if we tried it we wouldn't like it at all

no matter how it looks from our point of view.

Even harder than giving someone else a break,

is giving yourself a break.

Are we not our own worst critic??

Heck yes. Perfection is so over rated.

I'm deb and I'm a flawed human being.

Be gentle with me, ok?

and I'll be gentle with you.