A lie keeps growing and growing until it's as plain as the nose on your face

Being on a path of self discovery and faith aren't easy paths. I can honestly admit there are times that I wish I could redirect myself onto a more traveled road. I admit this because jaunting along on my path I have to be aware and wide eyed. If I am not, I'm going to trip over some rocks and fall over a pot hole or two. The hardest part about having to open my eyes and see what is going on, is seeing what is going on around me. If I could close my eyes and keep going I might be alright, until I fall head first in a puddle of muck. Or if I could just withhold something I want to say, or just say it in a slightly different light my nose wouldn't grow. I do feel like Pinocchio at the moment, though; I don't want to be a "real boy" I want to be a good person, a good Christian person. I can just imagine myself swaying against my little cricket of a friend and watching my nose grow... looking oddly similar to this:

So here I sit wishing I could be these things and I'm thrown into situations that test what I want to be. I see the two sides I can pick and I see the truth and the lie. I've stood still and strong, its hard to see the things that happen around me and have to stand in a brighter light and keep my eyes open. What is even harder is I have a jimminey cricket who tells me what I should do and what path I should go on and I follow. Having to see the reactions to my choices in a different perspective and seeing the reactions to my choices.

It is hard needles to say to accept the change that I have to accept because of the path I am on. I love my path and every pit against me that is on it. I need to be able to let go of the beings that I stuck so tightly to because those things are nothing more than spun webs and those will never catch me when I fall. Painstakingly have I unstuck myself and I am aware I still have a few strings attached to me, but I've been building my armor up. Hindsight is 20/20.

I thought this verse was appropriate. Its long, but appropriate. The italicized particularly, but the whole selection is grand.

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people. Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should. -Ephesians 6:10-20

Until Next Time,

Peace & Love