In Response to "RAW Living"

Wow... I'm almost speechless at the personal messages I have gotten back over the last couple of days. It's taken me until now to just soak in all the amazing stories, and personal "I needed that" / "that's how I feel too" responses and overwhelming support and encourage from my friends and family regarding this message of "RAW Living". I feel SO loved, honored, appreciated and connected by all of you that responded. These last couple of days have been SACRED MOMENTS for me... and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Now I get the beauty and healing power of words spoken honestly, truthfully and in LOVE. You ALL have truly touched my heart.

THIS is what community is all about....and I'm looking forward to more messages flying both ways.

You should have seen Michelle & I sitting on the couch reading all of them. We were crying, at awe, laughing....and feeling God saying to me: "See what happens when you are honest and vulnerable with others and remove your own masks? It gives permission for others to do the same". ....It felt so right... so authentic... so RAW.

Because of such of an overwhelming number of you that wrote me back personal notes...I am struggling as to how to respond quickly to ALL of you that sent me a message. So, for now...let this "generic" message communicate the true heart of what I felt from your responses to me ("Generic" only in that it is being sent to all 364 of you), while I personally respond to each of you after this weekend.

This weekend: One major reason that I can't respond quickly, is because Michelle, Caeden and I will be speaking, or more like: "Having a conversation", on the topic of "Finding your Authentic Life" at a Single's retreat on Friday thru Sunday....and we are preparing for that now. Keep us in your thoughts and prayers as we share our hearts. Caeden will have the easy part...He just has to show up and BE HIMSELF... which IS "the message" that he will be speaking loud and clear--without saying a word. It's also the message we all will be trying to learn: BE WHO YOU REALLY ARE...YOUR TRUE SELF, your CHILD-OF-GOD SELF.

"But whoever did want him, who believed he was who he claimed and would do what he said, He made to be their true selves, their child-of-God selves." John 1:12, The Message Bible

~ Dave Anderson, www.FreedomLifeConsulting.com