We all
like to wear masks, don’t we? My daughter recently made a comment to me,
“Mom, church people aren’t as good as you think.” Um… ouch?!?
It was a heart-breaking revelation that actually threw me back to my own
teen years, where I struggled to figure out who I was. I was basically a good person, crazy, goofy,
sassy yet sweet; I loved church and youth group and had a great bunch of
friends there; I had school friends that I didn’t really mix with my church
friends because we participated in different activities; I spoke three
different languages – the one I used at home, the one I used at church, and the
one I used everywhere else. So I guess
you could say that I had a closet full of masks.
As I’ve grown up, I’ve worked hard at weeding them out. Some just plain dry rotted – old, some vile,
some no longer used, and most I have decided to just throw away. Although I try to live transparently, my
daughter’s comment made me realize that I would be lying if I said that I
didn’t have an emergency mask or two tucked in a drawer somewhere.
What
about you? Have enough masks to fill a
costume shop? Well, guess what – we’re not meant to wear masks. Nope, sorry but it’s true. God created us to be amazing and with
incredible potential – but we wear our masks because we care more about what
people think. We put them on out of fear
and insecurity and a desire to be liked and accepted. Some people wear them to hide something they
are ashamed of or a behavior that they know is incorrect.
But the awesome part is................
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