Keeping a secret can have very negative results when it needs to be exposed. In my working through the book of 90 days journaling and reading the devotional, writing my commitment to God and contacting my accountability, I keep coming back to the consequences of secrets. If we have a physical issue like cancer or an ulcer, etc., and we don’t address it medically, it can eventually kill us. The same is true for our spiritual self when we keep hidden what hinders us from confessing to God and telling a trusted friend.

The reason this hits home for me is that I have found great freedom staying “exposed”. However, sometimes I will generalize the issue when I need to specify the exact issue. I need to get specific with God and the trusted friend. There truly is great freedom and strength in doing this. When I tie this to the Power of God I find at the portal of this specific issue–telling is when the Strength is found. Yesterday’s entry defined this portal.

Complete freedom comes as we confess all there is to confess both to God and this trusted friend!