Be Real
Sorry, it has taken a while for me to get back to the blog. Chris wrote about authenticity and the desire we all have to know and live truth. In a world full of fakes we can sometimes feel pressure to equal their fakeness and so before we know what we’ve done we create a community of fakes. The church should be just the opposite we all know that. The church should be a place where we can share and struggle and grow together in Christ. But let me ask you a question. Wouldn’t it be great if when we looked into our hearts we loved what we saw and who we are? But, what if when we look at who we really are we don’t like that person? What if when we search our hearts what we find is an insecure sinner in need of growth and change? How do you handle the reality that even in Christ or maybe I should say especially in Christ we find we are in need of being transformed? Instead of trying to give a trite answer I will give you a word of comfort- Christ loves you and He knows you better than you know yourself. He loves you as you are. So be real, not fake, but know you’ll never be more real than being who you are in Christ as He transforms your life. The more real we are the more it frees those around us to be real. The reality is we are all sinners who struggle. God bless you as you struggle to be real in Christ.
Eddie