Learning to Leverage Humble Pie

I have the fun privilege of being a part of the Redbud Writers Guild, a group of Christian women writers “fearlessly expanding the feminine voice in our communities, churches and culture.” We have a monthly online magazine, The Redbud Post, for which I write occasionally. This month the theme is “vulnerability.”

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My closest friend in high school told me—on several occasions—that I was a “know-it-all.”

Today the most common tagline I might be given is “she’s so real and vulnerable.”

How did that happen?

How did I go from an attitude of pride and I know what’s best to being willing to admit and even share my mistakes, weaknesses, neediness, losses—all the hard things?

The answer, of course, is Jesus. And His Spirit.

But the process was long, painful…and humbling.

Showing Your Weakness
My online dictionary defines several different types of vulnerability, but what we are talking about is this one: willingness to show emotion or to allow one’s weakness to be seen or known; willingness to risk being hurt or attacked: The foundation for open communication consists of honesty, trust, and vulnerability.

Who wants to allow their weaknesses to be seen or known, and certainly, who wants to risk being hurt?

Or laughed at, mocked, shamed…or disliked and rejected.

Keep reading here to find out about some of those weaknesses…