mystery..

the other day someone said to me that im a mystery to them, this got me thinking.

mystery
• noun (pl. mysteries) 1 something that is difficult or impossible to understand or explain. 2 secrecy or obscurity.

oxford english dictionary

life is one huge mystery full of little mysteries that we some how solve. its like a puzzle, that we have to fit together piece by piece with out having the box to look at or blindfolded.

in a way being a mystery to someone is kind of cool, but on the other hand, i don't think God wants us to be mysteries to people. he doesn't want us to have secrets, to not be able to understand each other. God wants true community, authentic relationships, he wants us to journey with people, to share life.

of course to certain people you are always going to be a mystery, one that never get solved, for plenty of reasons. but when someone who knows you, whose job it is to probe further, to walk with you and your a mystery to them, maybe we need to take a step back and start looking at ourselves. asking questions like why? what is the reason why i am hiding? the true reason, not the one i am using to shield myself, not the safe answer.