During
adolescence, an inner yearning begins to evolve to meet and be accepted by a
special member of the opposite sex. Do you remember your first love as a
teenager? I realize the majority of adolescent love affairs do not endure the
trials and tests of those years. The reason for most failed marriages of adolescents
is the absence of a solid identity.
Intimacy depends on honesty and
truthfulness. It relies on having enough self-confidence to be transparent so a
significant other can know you for the person you are - warts and all. Failure
to be truthful is indicative of deception that ultimately isolates you by fostering
loneliness and preventing the closeness God intended.
Making
choices for positive change includes trusting God, others, and yourself enough
to begin opening up to what's on the inside of you. Being honest opens the door
for a new person in Christ Jesus to emerge. The
pathway to change can spring from accepting who you really are because that
person is who God sees and loves.
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