Quotes about Transparency

My commitment to follow through on my choice came with a cost. I tried very hard, for years, with complete transparency, to blend together old and new—the particular Christian tradition that birthed me and for which I had deep respect, and the bigger Bible I had come to know, was excited about, and could not deny without deceiving myself and others.

And the LORD said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?

But whenever Moses went in before the LORD to speak with Him, he would remove the veil until he came out. And when he came out, he would tell the Israelites what he had been commanded,

You have acted in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.’”

“What have they seen in your palace?” Isaiah asked. “They have seen everything in my palace,” answered Hezekiah. “There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.”

Only grant these two things to me, so that I need not hide from You:

O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.

You know my folly, O God, and my guilt is not hidden from You.

You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence.

Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed.

He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.