i wanted to email you yesterday, to tell you how much i admire your vulnerability and honesty about what’s been going on in your life, as you’ve briefly shared the last few times i’ve seen you. it’s definitely not a common thing to see.. everyone wants to look strong and have it together, nobody wants to admit they’re struggling.. it may come naturally to you, but it’s a difficult thing for most people to do..

like for me, i’ve always thought i was a pretty open person, and willing to share/be vulnerable, but lately i’ve been realizing that i’m actually not as open as i thought. and now i’m having a hard time getting across to the other side, where i share what’s really on my mind and heart. it’s hard for me to even open up to good friends, much less new friends… so i just wanted to let you know how blessed and inspired and honoured i am, because you shared a part of your life w/me, and that my friend, is what community is built upon - broken people with open hearts and open hands, recognizing their need for God and each other.

so i encourage you to keep sharing, in a safe environment of course, because doors will open for you. not just a few, but hundreds of thousands of doors, just because you opened your heart to one person. i got a picture of the downtown eastside, and i feel like there’s a calling for you to the down and out, the outcasts of society, people who have experienced adversity. it may not necessarily be in the dt eastside, but i feel like God’s given you a special compassion for those people, and i see you interacting with them, and you’re just so kind and it draws them closer to you, and they want more of what you have!

i feel like what you’re going through now is just very temporary, because if God can raise people from the dead, how much more is He able to heal you! You’re HIS son, and He’s not going to be finished with you until you’re completely His. He will never give up on you.