It was an ugly day...

It's been one of those ugly days. The strong, faithful, God has a plan Lauren hasn't been present. Instead it's been more like I'm weak, I need someone to hold me up, doubting Lauren. Cloudy response, self centered, unable to empathize, quick tempered Lauren. The Lauren that shoves back the tears just long enough until she finally gets in the car and it's like a waterfall. A big flooding waterfall. Except it's not pretty, no one would admire it, in fact no one needs to see it....but wait. Should people see it? Should we allow ourselves to be vulnerable enough to show our weaknesses to others? We all have the not so pretty side. We all have the ugly version of ourself that we lock away. The not so put together, not face-book worthy, messy ugly side. If we are to truly lead others to Christ, shouldn't we allow others to see how He really carries us? Even on the not so put together days, He still holds us up. Shouldn't we allow people see how weak we are to show how strong He is? Why are we so ashamed of being human when it only reveals how great out God really is? I think that it's only through our weakness that others can truly see God's love for us. We are all humans, failing everyday to try and do this life alone....why not show others how much of a burden is lifted when we allow God to carry us in our weakness?