Hiding is exhausting, yet we make
it our full-time job.
We carefully put on our disguise
at home, at the office, and on social media.
Our perfectly crafted image can have no cracks or blemishes as the world
must think we are flawless.
But inside we are a mess. Lost children full of fear and doubt.
Completely alone and isolated, believing we are the only person in our circle that
is tarnished…and that no one would love us if they knew the truth.
That is a lie.
You are not alone. We are all
broken.
The glorious truth is we do not
confess our sin to God, so He will know about it…. We confess, to remind us that God is already aware
of it and loves us anyway.
He knows the filth. He knows your
darkness and yet He cherishes you….
Like fungus…sin grows in the dark.
Drag your depravity in front of God because in Him is light…and light kills
sin. Drop the charade. Stop hiding your
flaws. Your scars are made beautiful by His scars.
Be who He made you to be... No one
loves a work of art like the artist and your heavenly Father could not be more
in love with you. That fact allows you to break the chains of pretending and become
the masterpiece God intended you to be…The holy light that dwells with God will
pierce your night and drive the darkness away.
He knows about everything you have
hidden from the world … it is paid for, you are redeemed, and He adores you.
"Don’t measure God’s love by your
feeling. The sun shines as clearly in the darkest day as it does in the
brightest. The difference is not in the sun, but in some clouds, which hinder
the manifestation of its light." - Richard
Sibbes
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