Well I hit my end of semester wall and had to do something a little crazy so I went out and got myself some hot pink highlights. See, after a semester of hitting the books and having to say no to too many invites from friends and projects I would love to be doing, and children that would like more of my attention, I feel a little pent up and hemmed in. Right about now I get a hankering to do something wild. I starting thinking about why I have chosen two times to do extreme highlights and once to get a tattoo and I came up with this explanation...
One thing I prize is transparency and authenticity, mine and that of others. I never want to be thought of as unapproachable as a pastor or as not real. I am a very real person in every way, shape, and form. I want so much to meet people where they are in order to offer them the Jesus I know and share the love I have been given. That is hard to do when someone is not being real, if they are acting like they have it all together, when they don't. This I know, we are all broken and we all need each other! So I intentionally pursue transparency. The wild hair, for those that know me, makes them think twice...maybe I don't know her like I thought. For those who don't know me I think they regard me in a certain way at first sight. But there is soooo much more there than how I look. But you wouldn't know if you didn't take the time to get to know me.
That's my explanation. Keep 'em guessing but make them curious!
How transparent are you?
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