Overall, I don't like to make social media too honest. While I am not dishonest in my pictures or captions, I feel that if you want to know things about me you should talk to me. To me, social media is not who I am. It is some parts of who I am, sure. This year, for example, I didn't post about my birthday on it, because those who would care would text me or tell me in person.

But what does it mean that I don't post about my faith? Is faith personal or public? I have always believed it to be personal. But joining a Christian organization on campus for the first time in college made me think that there is power in public honesty about your faith, because if not, how will people know? Is faith not a defining factor of who I am?

But then again, I've always had a fear of appearing as the perfect Christian girl. The type of girl who posts the pinterests of bibles and candles and calligraphy of scriptures. I see all of these perfect Christian girls and am both reminded of the reasons I do and do not post anything about my faith. I was afraid of this for two reasons. First, that it would make others feel how flawed I feel when I see these pictures, but I also feared the disdain of my cherished friends who are not religious like me.

I want to be clear. I don't hate these girls or these posts, I think they are a great reminder to these girl's friends and followers to take time in their day for prayer. But I think my role to play is different. I think there is strength in showing faith through daily occurrences. Just like people don't need to post their partner's name in their bio because it should be public knowledge to not cheat on someone, I should mention and more importantly live a life that reminds and hopefully shows people Christianity. Because I am not perfect, I personally can not do this by showing perfection in faith but show honestly in the day to day actions that show I am a flawed person, but a flawed person of faith.