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Mandisa- What if We Were Real

Well, I'm tired of saying everything
I feel like I'm supposed to say
I'm tired of smiling all the time
I wanna throw the mask away
Sometimes you just have a bad day
Sometimes you just wanna scream
Tell me I'm not the only one
Tell me that you feel just like me

We keep tryin to make it look so nice
And we keep hidin' what's goin on inside
But what if I share my brokenness
What if you share how you feel
And what if we weren't afraid of this crazy mess

What if we were real
What if we were real

I'm over hidin my tears
I think I'm gonna let em' go
I'm over actin so strong
When I ain't even in control
We make it so complicated
But why does it have to be
Why can't we open our hearts and let everybody see

We keep tryin to make it look so nice
And we keep hidin' what's goin on inside
But what if I share my brokenness
What if you share how you feel
And what if we weren't afraid of this crazy mess

What if we were real

We'd think a little less of ourselves
We'd care about someone else
'Cause we'd know just how they feel
Maybe we could let someone love us
Maybe we'd a little more like Jesus
Why can't we learn to real

We keep tryin to make it look so nice
And we keep hidin' what's goin on inside
But what if I share my brokenness
What if you share how you feel
And what if we weren't afraid of this crazy mess

What if we were real
You've got to be real.



I copied this from another blog post.
"The important thing about vulnerable strength is not the response you meet when you risk your heart," Paula Rinehart writes in Strong Women, Soft Hearts. "For a long time, how others receive you does seem like the big deal...but real success is measured only by the courage it takes to do and say what needs to be done or said."

Run to God, and know that, whatever the response, sharing your heart (with a trusted person - not just any random person on the street, of course) was the right thing to do. Don't allow that rejection to build walls around your heart, and make it harder for you to offer yourself and your strength to another person - who may desperately need the freedom to be her real self, too.

True relationships and fellowship are built in the real conversations, in the sharing of hearts and lives. Will you open yourself up to others, and give them the grace to be vulnerable with you?"


“What makes you vulnerable makes you beautiful.” ~Brene Brown