Extreme-me. Extreme-you.

There are times when we dwell in a place that we know is not us.

And there are times when we reawaken to who we know we are;

Come alive again to ourselves.

And sometimes in those moments;

We become so alive to ourselves that we are extremes of ourselves.

It’s in the extremes that we can often walk away overly aware of how extreme-us missed the mark.

Unintentionally.

If not careful;

We will look at our having missed the mark and

We will declare ourselves as all of the negative:

Stupid.

Unwise.

Immature.

That paining after-the-fact thought, "What. Was. I. Thinking?"

Those moments when we did everything we thought to be right.

But leave feeling like we got it all wrong.

Feeling not good enough;

Because it was not for lack of trying.

Maybe we should cut off this extreme.

Be different.

Be more of something else.

And Father whispers:

Pay attention to how you are seeing.

See with your heart.

Because what I see—

It is beautiful.

I see a good and beautiful heart.

This negative you are seeing is simply your unawareness of need for others to balance you.

Be extreme-you.

And be extreme-you in the presence and awareness of your brothers and sisters who balance.

In your extreme-you, connect and love and be vulnerable and get close;

And let your brother and sister extreme-them assess with wisdom and discernment the moment to shift where shift is needed.

You don’t need to be different.

You don’t need to be more of something else.

You need to be extreme-you;

Extreme-you who is ever aware of the need of your extreme-brother and extreme-sister.

We must shift in each other's balance.

Trusting both each other and ourselves to harmonize in extremes. 

We can’t keep seeing each other’s extremes as something to be shaved off.

We can’t keep seeing each other’s extremes as offensive to our extremes.

We must learn how to operate with them together.

When the Lord tells me He trusts my heart;

He is really saying He trusts OUR heart.

Because in unity with my brothers and sisters, any gaps in my heart—
Are filled.

Because in unity with my brothers and sisters, any areas in me that are still maturing—

Are filled.

--If I let them be filled.

--If I let you balance me.
--If I let myself learn how to operate as extreme-me in the presence of all extreme-you.