Honesty is a hard attribute to find

Love, as the prevailing thought, is an excellent base upon which to build this conversation. Sometimes I think its easy to forget this. 

This leads me on to a thought. Why is it so difficult to be honest in discussions about God/life/everything that matters? One the one hand, its probably hard precisely because it does matter.When the stakes feel (are?) so high, things get uncomfortable when honestly leads to difficult questions. On the other hand, if these things really are very important, surely its vitally important that we are as honest as we can be. Being afraid to say what we really think, or to ask the questions we really want to ask leaves us stuck. Perhaps more comfortable than we otherwise would be, but stuck.

I don't want to hold an image of God that is false. Ultimately, I'm sure parts (most?!) of my God images are wrong, but that shouldn't stop me trying to find out who God really is. When we box ourselves in through fear of asking the right questions, do we reduce the space in which our search for God is taking place? Does this ultimately lead us to a more limited understanding of who God is? I think it might. 

I hope this can be a place where honesty is valued rather than feared.