August 18th, 2016

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Thursday, August 18th, 2016

LifeAsAnAdventure2

The struggle to be real is just that…a struggle. We love our masks.
“How are you doing?” “Fine. (Not really. Life stinks.)”

A mask. We love to hide behind false facades we have erected. Whether it is in your church community, at home with your family, at work with your associates, at play with fellow men or women, it is so easy to hide.

Psalm 101 calls us on the carpet for being fake. It calls us to be real. That “realness” speaks to both ourselves as individuals and also to our commitment to others.

I know I fake things. I’m looking in the mirror at this. There are times I don’t want to be nice to people. I don’t want to smile. I don’t want to care and “love on them.” Psalm 101 pokes a hole-no make that blasts a crater-through the whole facade of “fakeness.”

Consistency. Integrity. Humility. Purity. Four key words I’ll be looking at this Sunday. I’d appreciate your prayers for Sunday.