Openness.. so what about it?

Hi all,

Sorry hohoho.. it's been awhile that i got tide up with few things of to do list in samarinda. But i should not miss sharing my life here kan?? hehehe...

I owe a sister call chin explanation about openness in LG. i almost forgot the things that i want to share till i need to read her blog again.. wakakkaa... u got to read her blog the one posted on 12 jan 2012, it's awesome heart sharing. alright, here it is chin

I do heard a lot about openness. i heard about some people share that there is no openness in LG so that it feels dull and it's just not as warm as before in the past when they all open their life among the LG. and i do heard people that want to start to be open to other people to build bonding towards the people in LG. but the point is, do we really understand, what kind of openness does God want us to bring to the world?

If we don't understand about it, many times, openness will just be another disappointment in our life.

My question is, if you today decide to be open towards the people in the LG, how open you want it to be? you share about all of your private life? or you share about ur deepest secret? if the answer is yes, than after the LG listen to it, some will pray for you and you will say thank God. and some will just be quiet and just listen to it. and you will say hmm okey. and another some will go and talk about it with other people and you will get disappointed. don't you think so? yeah that's what i think.

than if so, why should we promote openness? why all leaders talk about openness all time? well sometimes, we just don't get the whole picture when the leader share about it. what we get only "openness".

Yes, it is important to share life and to have openness in LG. 

As Christian, God really teach us to be open to brother and sister in Christ to watch over one another. ( i guess it talk about the posible sin that might happen in our life)

for this kind of openness, before hand, you better be sure and secure of your identity in Christ. As the bible said that human bring disappointment, only God will never disappoint you. so when you open your life to people, even it is ur own pastor, you must be secure in no matter what happen. even if it disappoint you, ur faith will said, It is God's plan and it happen not to harm me, but to prosper me.. to me, this kind of openness it is not proper to be open to the whole people in LG, but be open to the people that you see he or she hold the God's character that have heart to care for people.

As Christian, openness that can promote love for others that doesn't expect anything from other is when you share ur new life with the people, tell them about how ur past and how secure ur are with ur past and God have given you a great new life right now. To share to them about how God teach you to see things right now compare to the past.. how secure you are now to admit that you are sinner, that's how you need Christ. As you share and open your life, you have share CHRISTIAN VALUE into someones life. what important is THE VALUE that God has given to you, impart it to people around you through ur life. openness DOES NOT only come from a MOUTH, but it comes a lot from OUR LIFE. 

openness that expect nothing, openness that shared the joy that you've received, openness that bless others with the VALUE  that u've got from Christ... this kind of openness that we need to see from each individual in our LG. 

by the time goes, there will be trust growing stronger among you and Christ and the people. And by that time you will come to realize that there are no more deep secret that u would like to keep as everything in your life is for the glory of God alone. 

Hope this bless you as it has bless me many time. Unselfish openness, i guess that was the right word :), it was just as what the sister in the group said " openness that bring changes and experience"