The B-stud

my freedom lies in his hands

my suscess lies in his hands

my relationships lies in his hands

my future lies in his hands

my salvation lies in his hands

my heart lies in his hands

my impact lies in his hands

my carrier lies in his hands

my family lies in his hands

my friends lie in his hands

my enemies lie in his hands

my heath lies in his hands

my finances lie in his hands

my hope lies in his hands

Do not become passive about life, but remember the one way to get these things is to go towards Him first. 

“But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”- Matthew 6:33

the problem with living sacrifices is they they keep getting off the alter. 

unkaglen:

coconutandcream asked: Haii Unka Glen, I sincerely love this blog (and i’m not just saying that) Question! I’m in University and my career requires a lot of networking, particularly in places unsuitable for a Christian. I’m not sure what to do, because I don’t want go to these places, but at the same time I’m in University to have a career, I don’t want to miss opportunities. Help! and thanks in advance.

Unka Glen answered: I sincerely love you back Miss Sherida (and I’m not just saying that). Well, I for one, think Christians should go to places unsuitable for Christians more often. Speaking as someone who shines some light into some dark corners, you’d be surprised at how open people can be to the Gospel in those places, but it has to be done just right, as you can probably already imagine.

I think that’s where we get lost, in the process of thinking creatively about how to be a witness in parts of the world that can be dark. Quick story: so I’m working on getting a gang member out of a gang here in Chicago, and usually that’s somewhere between impossible and dangerous, but in this case I’m on good terms with the gang leader (he’s had me out to pray for his boys when they’re in the hospital, etc.).

So this gang member goes to tell this leader he wants out of the gang, and in a rare and bold move, the leader decides to honor a God he hasn’t yet chosen to follow, and lets the guy out of the gang.

But, there’s a hitch.

In a fit of righteous zeal this gang member, who was carrying a pistol that belonged to the gang, threw the pistol away. Thus symbolizing his clean break with his old way of life. Well, the gang wanted their pistol back, or the equivalent in cash. And this was cash the gang member didn’t have. So, he called me for the money.

Now… what do I do? As a Christian do I give cash to a known gang leader so that he can go out and buy illegal weapons to protect his drug trade? Or do I tell this gang member, who wants to follow the Lord, that I have the money to fix all this, but I just won’t give it to him?

This is where the Lord can help you see a way to preach a sermon, just with the way you live your life. In this case, I went to this gang leader, and spoke to him, with his boys all around, saying:

“I was the worst of sinners, and I was lost in my sin. I had no way to be on good terms with God. But then Jesus looked at me and said, ‘I’ll pay for all of his sins’. He was beaten, punished, and killed. Then He rose from the dead, and these words were on His lips: ‘I have ransomed you!’. So it is with great pleasure that I get the chance to perform this sacred act of ransoming this brother from his old past, so he can live a new life, with all the debts of his past paid in full. You can do what you want with the money, just know that it comes out of my own pocket, and that this is why I paid it.”

…The money ended up paying for all of us to go to a local restaurant and have a nice going-away dinner, and ”more of those Jesus stories”, as they put it.

There’s always an angle, you just have to look for it.

unkaglen:

thisphaselastsforever asked: I was talking with an ex-boyfriend of mine tonight, and we got on the topic of marriage and sex. I explained to him that I think a lifelong commitment like marriage should be in place before sex is brought into a relationship. He told me that he doesn’t think I’ll be able to find a guy who really believes that, and that if I do, he’ll have ulterior motives anyway. What do I say to that? [edited for length]

Unka Glen answered: I’ve meditated on this situation, and I’ve had a few important revelations. First, I see how this guy become your EX boyfriend (well done on that by the way). Second, the only one with ulterior motives is the person trying to talk you into cheating yourself out a quality relationship, and settling for whatever you can get. 

Third, what this charming individual might be trying to say, is that no man wants to wait for marriage to have sex, neither does any woman. We’d all like to have a healthy, vigorous, zesty, feisty, athletic, gymnastic, and active sex life right now. But some of us are trying to follow God’s instructions on how to get there, and looking at a lot of unhealthy secular relationships, we know this is the smart way to go about it.

But all this brings up an important question: what exactly can you expect from a decent, loving, and Godly man. Let’s list them out, shall we?

1. He will tell you where his physical boundaries are, rather than wait for you to tell him where you think they should be, because he already knows how God wants him to live

2. He will have an ulterior motive in waiting until the deeper commitment of marriage to have sex: that motive is to have the best, funnest, wildest, most exciting, and most satisfying sex possible. And you aren’t against that one bit, are you?

3. This man can also be expected to give back rubs, perform extended snuggling, and suck on your toes (if you’re into that… Unka Glen doesn’t judge)

4. He will carry the groceries in, and the trash out

5. He will kill the bug

6. He knows the right answer to the question, “do these jeans make me look fat?”

7. He will be super-nice to your friends in order to make them totally jealous of you

8. Bubble bath, candles, rose pedals, chocolate… ‘nuff said.

9. He will pray for you, give you inspiration from the Word, and he will remained anchored to the Rock of his salvation.

10. This man WILL wait for you, and when that waiting is over, unlike some stranger fumbling around in the dark, he will take his time getting to know every inch of your body, finding every secret spot, and learning exactly how to please you. Then m’lady, he will make up for lost time with a mighty and righteous vengeance.  

Can I get an amen?

I keep expecting God to lead me up a staircase. One step after another, closer to God and Godliness. Closer to all those fruit that are suppose to grow inside of a Christian’s heart.

I expected it to be like a ladder, and I expected to keep going upward. So when I feel pulled left or right or down, I get scared. I think ‘this can’t be the hand of God right now.’ And I grip onto whatever surface is closest to me and refuse to move. 

But maybe God doesn’t lead us up a staircase. Maybe he leads us all over the house, including the basement and the attic and the tree in the backyard. Maybe he leads us out the door to places that are dark and scary and where we would be in big trouble if He didn’t come through for us. Maybe he leads us to the end of ourselves and to places where we aren’t even sure He’s there. Maybe he leads us on winding roads, in an effort to get our hearts where He needs them to be.

“There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.”

1 John 4:18 ESV

Fear is one of the sins that attack Christian’s the most. I think the reason we allow it to is because ‘fear’ seems so innocent and natural that we don’t recognize it as sin.

I read a book by Donald Miller where he talks about fear, about how the commandment ‘do not fear’ is in the bible over 100 times, as if God has to keep reminding us over and over again to trust Him.

We fear that we aren’t good enough. We fear that God will not come through for us. We fear that Gods will for our lives isn’t as good as what we could come up with for our self. Because of this, we lose sight of God, and though we may still have faith, it becomes blind.

Everyone likes romanticizing blindness. How many times have you heard the saying “Love is Blind?” Lust is blind (In a sense…) because it is focused on feelings and attraction. But to love is to make a conscious choice. It’s stronger than changing feelings and emotion. Blind love is what leads people into abusive relationships. Blind love is stupid love.

Everyone likes to think faith is blind as well. People of faith sometimes live under the ideal of “I don’t need a reason, I believe because I believe and there is nothing you can do about it” They misquotes the famous bible verse that says “faith is being sure of things hoped for, the assurance of things not seen”

This verse is not about blind faith. It says a faithful person is sure. Not blindly wishing, dreaming, or hoping, but sure.

We have to come to the realization that the only reason we fear anything is because we aren’t trusting God to come through for us. We fear because we aren’t sure.

We have trust issues when it comes to our Heavily Father. And the only way to work through this is to get to the root of the issue. What is God to you? What part of Gods character are you not sure about.

I was listing to a song by Tye Tribett titled ‘Everything.’ In the song, the artist names off everything God is to him. ‘master’ ‘savor’ ‘ruler’ ‘provider’ ‘redeemer’ it says. I realized that I see God as master and savor. But Providor? Do I really think God will give me what I need, or that he even knows or cares what little old me needs? Or Redeemer. Sure, I believe God will redeem humanity. But me, personally, to be perfected through God’s love? These were all of the things I wasn’t sure of.

Realize what God promises are, and what they aren’t. Check to see which of Gods promises you have trouble trusting. Being fearless isn’t about being blind. Being fearless is about being sure in the promises God has given his children.

jasminecrystal:

I’ve been noticing that many people have been writing letters to their future spouses, praying for them, writing about being content in God’s grace (which are all amazing things). There are a lot of good books on singleness. However, I thought it might be interesting to write from a different perspective since I noticed most of them are written by married people. I feel like God has been putting this on my heart to share with all of you. Also, He is calling me to write about how to use  singleness as a means of sanctification and to use it to prepare yourself for marriage. 

First of all I think there are some misconceptions about marriage. It is not bad to want a spouse since God created marriage. (1 Timothy 4:4-5) A godly spouse is a good gift from God and a blessing. ( Hebrews 13:4) Marriage is highly esteemed in the Bible:

• God’s will is for your sanctification (1 Thessalonians 4:3). If you are to be sanctified in your singleness, then you are going to be single. If He wants you to be sanctified in a godly relationship, then He will provide.
• God gives good gifts to His children. If you’re single, you’re getting the good thing that’s best for you right now. (vice versa) [Matthew 7:11, Luke 11:11-13, James 1:17]
• God is patient with you, so be patient with His timing. Psalm 37: 5 says “Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him, and He will act”

Remember that God is Sovereign and that His plan is better than your plan (Romans 8:28, Ephesians 1:11, Ecclesiastes 3:11) If you can trust Him with a huge issue such as your salvation, you can be sure to trust Him with a far lesser need. We are His children and He gives good gifts to His children. 

Marriage will not fufill you. It empties you of yourself. Marriage is an analogy of the gospel and it is putting the gospel on full display. Your marriage will have the ability to be able to save people. They’ll look at your marriage and see how Christ loves the church which is a wonderful opportunity to tell them about Jesus. 

To all of you women: I think there is a misunderstanding about “waiting.” Yes, wait. But waiting does not mean wasting time and twiddling your thumbs while wistfully wishing for your husband to come. During this time actively pursue sanctification, listen to sermons, pray, read the Bible, serve in a ministry, read books, encourage others, and treat men as your brothers in Christ.  If you want marriage then prepare for it. Don’t just write letters and daydream. 

As women, we are to serve and submit to our husbands so that they can do a better job in suceeding in their workplace and to lessen the burden of the man’s ministry otuside of the home.  This is is not a small or worthless task. The fact that the husband can trust his wife to accomplish her chores at home brings not only relief but true appreciation for her work and the Lord providing her. Looking at Titus 2:3-5, there are things that you can and should begin practicing in order to prepare yourself for marriage.These things would stand out to a godly man who is considering pursuing you. Proverbs 31 says that this wife does her husband good ALL the days of her life. Begin thinking of ways even now that you can serve and sacrifice for this man.  Even if you haven’t met him, you can still do him good by trying to be a Proverbs 31 woman and praying for him (good habits to continue). You job is to help your husband live for God. 

 Ladies, if you cannot submit to a perfect God, how can you submit to an imperfect sinner? Obey God’s commands. God sees a submissive spirit as beautiful. The Lord is looking for full submission and is willing to match you up with a godly man.   

To all of you men: In your marriage, your wife is going to come up to you in your marriage. She will be crying and telling you to give her advice. At that moment you have to be able to flip to God’s Word and show her verses for that particular situation. You have to be able to pray with her and for her. Would you be able you do that when she is sobbing and shaking? When she has suffered from a miscarriage or been in a car accident or the death of a parent, you have to be able to comfort her in that moment. I know on tumblr and in school, it’s easy to put things off and wait. You can do your research before you answer an anon’s question or you can ask your classmates and form a study group before a test. But in marriage, you can’t say, “Oops wait a bit while I google some Bible verses and read some blogs that apply to that situation.” Also in order to lead, you must kill the battle of lust. The man’s job is to make his woman holy. Gentlemen, you have to care about your wife’s standing before God.  Right now try to serve as many people was you can and give without expecting anything in return. Another key apsect is to organize your finances as God gives you the responsibility to take care of your household (1 Timothy 5:8). Start by saving up money, having a budget, and tithing. In the meantime, strive, by God’s grace, for the biblical qualifications of an overseer/deacon (1 Timothy 3:1-13)

 God is Sovereign but you do have to find her (Proverbs 18:22). Look for qualities in her such as being submissive, modest, and God fearing. You want this woman to be raising up godly children and modeling biblical womanhood to others. Also, please man up and ask her out on a real date. Too many times guys ask girls to “get coffee” and “hangout” or “watch a movie at my house.” This is very confusing and unhealthy if you are spending alone time one on one if it’s not going anywhere. Be clear with your intentions. 

Remember: The purpose of any relationship is that the two of you will glorify God more than you both would single. God is perfect & He has perfect plans. So I encourage all of you to run as fast as you can towards Jesus until someone else can keep up. 

I agree with most of this, but I guess what I am trying to understand is this part:

“God’s will is for your sanctification (1 Thessalonians 4:3). If you are to be sanctified in your singleness, then you are going to be single. If He wants you to be sanctified in a godly relationship, then He will provide.”

Unless you are asexual (and some people are), I don’t see why God would hold out on something that he deemed good. I am not saying that anyone can not be sanctified in singleness, or that singleness is bad, but isn’t the purpose of sanctification to prepare you for something (God). To make you more Godly. And if you have been sanctified, isen’t the point of marriage to reflect the God and the church, to help each other in their walks with the Lord and be a light to other people?

I feel like after God is done sanctifying you, I don’t see whats wrong with being in a relationship.

Now I also know we live in a fallen world and the opportunity for a God-honoring relationship isn’t there for everyone be it because of who they are around or their situation or other reasons. And there is nothing wrong with not being in a relationship, but this makes it sound like god points to some people and is like ‘you guys will be in a relationship’ and then points to someone else and is like ‘you are going to be single.’ And I don’t know if thats biblical. 

Of course, it probably goes back to the whole free will/predestination debate that makes my head dizzy.  

We can not rule our own hearts. Even if we try to be the best person in the world, It’s impossible. Its like Romans 7:15 “For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing.”  When we try, we get attacked by jealousy, hate, fear, selfishness, lust, pride or a million other things. This is why Jesus don’t claim to make us good or better, but to give us a new heart that he rules over. 

Its kind of amazing that no matter how far away we drift, God is always there willing to take up back into his arms. No matter what. Its so easy for us to forget our true King, but he has such love and grace.

Can you really complain about other people not being the type of person you want them to be if you arn’t being the way you’d like them to be. Like, how can you say you wish people were more intentional if you yourself are not being intentional. 

Pray about your weaknesses

It doesn’t matter what people think of you.

God wants us to rely fully on him and not other people.

Doing things with love also means not letting yourself get so distracted by nonessentials that you forget the big picture. Including being on tumblr when you should be doing homework. 

People are like characters and thats kind of awesome. If we look at our lives as stories we may realize our possibilities. 

Don’t ever get so tired that you give up. God can and will provide for his people the same way he provides for the birds. 

nonelikejesus:

We dream of what we would do IF… if I had a better education; if I wasn’t tied down to this mortgage; if the economy was better; if people treated me better; if God would come through for me; etc. Notice the common thread of failure: IF.

CHANGE IT TODAY:

1. Drop the “IF”. Stop waiting for things to get better, before you make them better. Give up the excuse of “if only.” “If only I had this, or if only I had that.”

2. FACE life as it is. But don’t ACCEPT it as it is. The four friends of the paralytic couldn’t find a way in the house, because of the crowd (Mark 2:4). So they went up on the roof. They found a way, where there was no way. They didn’t accept life as it was, but faced life as it was, and experienced the will of God.

3. Recognize YOU HOLD the power to do something with your life, regardless of the economy, your upbringing, your past mistakes. God has given you SEED to plant (your words, your choices, your money, etc.). Begin each day sowing a seed of faith, joy, love or hope. You have a smile—use it. You have a mouth to speak God’s Word; to declare His praise—do it.

4. Don’t wait for the perfect conditions. Ecclesiastes 11:4 “He who watches the wind will not sow and he who looks at the clouds will not reap.” Don’t wait for the stock market, or real estate or the media to get better, before you do what you know to do. Make your life better by sowing the right seeds, beginning TODAY. Make good choices TODAY.

5. FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITS. Focus on the good you already have; what God HAS already done. (Psalm 103:2-4) He forgives all. He heals all. He redeems us from all destruction. The old hymn says: “For He has done great things. He has done great things. Bless His Holy Name!”

THINK IT & DECLARE IT
I don’t need things to be different before I succeed. I will make them different. I have the power to sow the seeds of a better life. I will not just accept whatever life brings. I will face it with faith and find a way through it. I will remember what God has done. He pardons all my sins. He heals all my diseases. He crowns me with victory. He satisfies my life with good things so that my youth, vitality and outlook on life is refreshed and renewed.

thesweetermelody:

Pray.

Just stop what you’re doing right now, and pray.

When I first came to know Christ at the tender age of thirteen, I never saw the value in prayer, and supplication. I allowed emotions to rule my faith, and the circumstances around me. As a result, my spiritual life was brittle. I was prone to stumbling, and moving forward at a glacial pace in my walk with God. Anything could blow me over. 

Many moons later, and I see believers follow in the same warped footsteps as I started out in. Just like I did back then, they question why God feels so distant, and why they keep being knocked down by situations that this life dishes out. Upon further counseling, and investigation, the problem can almost always be sourced back to, “Well, have you prayed recently?” “No… But… You know…That’s just not my thing, and I can never seem to get into the zone.”

Prayer is an effort of will. Prayer does not come naturally to us, and as a result, we are quick to neglect this essential aspect of our faith. The disciples even asked Jesus to teach them to pray. It’s yet another battle between flesh and spirit. But I can assure you through my own personal testimony that once you push past the raging flesh, prayer becomes the most powerful weapon the Lord has granted us with.

Paul beseeches us to pray constantly throughout the day. Yet, there is no denying that a Christian needs set apart time in their secret prayer closet to seek the Father, recharge their strength, to break for brothers and sisters all over the world, to be in the presence of the Lord, and to feel Him near. Christ often slipped away into the mountains, or even the wilderness to pray and have communion with the Father. 

My question is if Jesus Christ—the perfect, sinless Messiah, felt the need to slip away to pray, and often did do this for hours at a time, how much more do we need to do likewise as sinful, imperfect humans? 

So go. Pray. Break over things plaguing your mind until you receive an answer, pour out your heart until your knees ache, and your throat is dry. 

You will be utterly mind blown about the things that will start to occur, and be fulfilled through prayer.

leeyounger:

Be Authentic

About 10 days ago, I decided to write a series of posts about what it looks like to have a regular, fruitful, devotional time with God. I decided to do this because it’s a topic that I get asked about all the time. Seriously, all the time. In my work with high school students, in my conversations with peers at my church, in my relationships with believers in the jail and with you fine folks on Tumblr, the whole ‘Quiet Time’ thing feels like one of the main spiritual issues that people who know Jesus want help with. So, in an effort to have a consolidated and organized answer to a question I hear a lot, I’m putting together some of the thoughts I’ve shared with folks all along the way and getting them out here. 

 

In the first post, (if you missed it, you can read it by clicking HERE) I really wanted to focus on the fact that a real and vibrant time with the Living God is going to look different for every single person out there. Before we can get even one foot in the door about what to do, what to say, what to read or anything like that, you simply must understand this first: Your time with the Lord probably won’t look very much like mine. In other words, no pastor or youth leader or devotional book can really tell you what to do step-by-step. The reason for this is simple: God is a living person and so are you. The thing He wants is a relationship with you, and no relationship between two living people is going to look like any other relationship. Some folks connect with Jesus the most when they are jogging and some folks would rather get punched in the throat than jog, so ya know, jogging with Jesus isn’t the thing for them. You gotta find your thing. You have to do what is real and authentic for you. What do good relationships take in your life? 

 

And that brings me to the thing I really want to talk about in this segment, which is this: Authenticity.

 

Your time with the Lord has to be real. It has to be authentic. It has to be gut-level honest first and foremost, or it will crash and burn so fast, your head will spin. There are a couple good reasons for this, and as I say them, you’re going to be thinking in your head that these reasons are completely obvious (like, duh!) but hang with me, because, even though these things seem obvious, most people don’t get it, which is why their time with the Lord isn’t really giving them much. 

 

Authenticity is necessary because God already knows. See, I told you you’d think this stuff was obvious! Even so, stick with me. Here’s the deal: You simply have to be real with God because He already knows everything, so what in the world is the point of trying to be something different than exactly who you are? Why are you praying about stuff you don’t really care about? Why are you glossing over your real temptations and struggles?

 

Authenticity is necessary because God wants a relationship. Again, Duh. But look, if you have a relationship that is based on anything fake, that relationship sucks and deep down, it doesn’t mean as much to you or give you as much as you think it does. You have to be real in order to actually feel anything.

 

So, what does being authentic actually look like? Okay, buckle up, ‘cause this is the good stuff: Being authentic means that if you are approaching your time with God using big, fat, religious-sounding words and glossing over your real struggles and sins while simultaneously trying to sound holy, you’re wasting your time. Being authentic means that if you sit there trying to pray for all the hurting and the oppressed and poor people in the world even though you don’t give a crap about that stuff, then you’re wasting your time. God doesn’t need you to pretend to be holy and awesome. He knows exactly who you really are. In fact, He knows more about you than you could ever hope to know about yourself. He’s fully aware of all your problems, temptations, failures, foibles, bad habits, prejudices and gross hypocrisies. He knows you fully and guess what? He has already decided that He’s completely in love with you and wants to spend forever with you anyway, so stop trying to pretend for Him, because He knows everything. He sees everything. He hears everything. Just be honest with Him. Tell Him exactly what you think. Don’t hold anything back. Let it fly. He knows. He loves you. He wants the real you. 

 

If the thing you really care about is the fact that Janet from math class seems to hate you and it’s really bothering you, forget about praying for the poor… seriously! Pray about this thing with Janet, because you know what? That right there is the thing you actually care about, which means that it is exactly what God wants to connect with you on. God loves your heart, and sure He cares about the poor and oppressed, but He also cares about you, and even if your problems seem small and silly compared with the troubles of a broken world, they aren’t small and silly to the Lord. Be honest. If you’re worried about paying the bills, pray about that. If you’re worried about losing your hair, pray about that. It may not seem like a big deal, but Jesus said that your Heavenly Father knows how many hairs are on your head…

 

Be real, and stay tuned for more on what it means to have a Quiet Time.

 

And as always, if you have questions about this, ask them by clicking right HERE.

Follow me passionately. Leave all other worries or cares behind, i’ll take care of it.

You will make mistakes alone the way. If you do, give it to me. If you are hurt, talk to me. If you sin, confess it right away. 

And please, when you pray, don’t talk at me, but with me. Listen and you’ll realize you know exactly what i’m saying to you.

And please, if I tell you to do something and you don’t do it, don’t ask me whay you arn’t seeing progress in your walk with me. Its because you stopped following. Don’t worry, dear, I’m waiting. 

If you don’t know how to handle something, talk to me about it first. Then talk to other trusted people. 

And please, don’t underestimate yourself or think your dreams and desires are too much to ask of me. There a good chance that if you want something badly its because i’ve laid it on your heart and want the same things from you. Don’t be affraid to ask me things that are too big for you to handle on your own. I promis at the end of the day you’ll still be standing.

Things will not always make sence to you. But that doesn’t change the fact that I love you. And I’m prourd of you, because when I look at you i see the blood of Christ over all your sins. 

And please spend time with me. I love it when we just hang out and talk. 

- God

thoughts-of-grace:

These days to be considered innocent is to be naive, uninformed, young. You’re looked at as if you’re missing out on something, you’re no fun.  People act as if exposing yourself to crude and inappropriate jokes, strong language, and seeing things that you’re never meant to see are somehow good things.

Think about the pure innocence of a child. You can see it in their eyes, and in the way they play. 

 Can you remember a time before you knew all the filth and cruelty of this place? A time and a place when you felt blissful, and you weren’t concerned about anything, there was no stress, and no worry… This was probably something you experienced when you were little.

What if this memory was concealed in a place? What if you just started to sell that place little by little until you could no longer visit at all? Why would you do such a thing? 

 Innocence is something to hold onto, not resent, and we are instructed to protect it. 

Ephesians 5:4 ESV
Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.

Romans 12:21 ESV
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

 Perhaps many of you will read this and think it’s overkill. I can’t help but think that if I’m not following Christ to the full degree than I don’t really have a point in being here, because I won’t get very far without Him.

 I doubt very many of you will even read this at all, but thank you if you did. I hope this is able to encourage those of you who have taken care of this part of yourself.

I did read this, and I like this <3 I agree people are like “afarid” to be seen as innocent and do “resent” it in a way because it is seen as equal to naive.