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good news is, however, that letting it all out to God is tremendously beneficial for us. When we open up our true self to God, we are walking in faith, and that faith builds upon itself. My mom used to always sing these words to my siblings and me as we went off to sleep: “Believing is the key to heaven, but faith unlocks the door.”
    But even more importantly, we've got nothing to lose by giving the real stuff to God. He's well aware of where we are, so to speak. It's just like in the garden when He asked Adam and Eve where they were. It wasn't that God was a loser at hide-and-seek. No, He knew exactly where they were. He just wanted them to know it. And He wants that for us. Honesty is a powerful GPS system. We've got to know where we are before we can determine how to get where we're going.
FORWARD FOCUS: SECRETS
Deuteronomy 29:29—The secret things belong to the L ORD our God, but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.
Psalm 44:21—Would not God search this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.
Psalm 90:8—You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your countenance.
Psalm 91:1—He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Ecclesiastes 12:14—For God will bring every work into judgment, including every secret thing, whether good or evil.
Jeremiah 23:24—“Can anyone hide himself in secret places, so I shall not see him?” says the L ORD ; “Do I not fill heaven and earth?” says the L ORD .
Daniel 2:22—He reveals deep and secret things; He knows what is in the darkness, and light dwells with Him.
Matthew 6:6—But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
Mark 4:22—For there is nothing hidden which will not be revealed, nor has anything been kept secret but that it should come to light.
John 7:4—For no one does anything in secret while he himself seeks to be known openly. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world.
1 Corinthians 14:25—And thus the secrets of his heart are revealed; and so, falling down on his face, he will worship God and report that God is truly among you.

THREE
THE DIE…IT

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    As he vowed he would on our wedding day, Bill has loved me through my many ups and downs—ups and downs on the scale, that is. Not long after our honeymoon, those pounds I had so diligently worked to get off started creeping back on. And they stopped sneaking around once I got pregnant again. This is something I never heard: “Wow, Teasi, you don't even look pregnant until you turn to the side.” No, no, no. When I was pregnant, even my eyebrows looked it.
    I gained and lost more pounds than I can count in those first few years of our marriage, and Bill never once looked at me with anything but adoration and joy. I really believe he has a superpower—he sees right through my skin and extra cushion and straight into my heart. (I wish more men had that power, don't you?)
    From the onlooker's perspective, it would have appeared I had it all. God had given me an amazing new husband who loved me unconditionally, we were both involved actively at our church (he was even asked to be an elder), our children were healthy and beautiful, and all our needs were more than provided for.
    But if you could have seen inside my head…what a different story. The atmosphere there was much more chaotic. Despite all the love I had been given by Bill and by God, my thought-life could have been described best as a battlefield.
BATTLEFIELD: GROCERY STORE
    Grocery shopping has never really been my thing. However, if a gal wants her children to eat, she must put on her big girl panties, grab a cart, and go for it. And because I personally find it the most