dailydatewithgod

For some reason all human beings seem to take on this pose of being an actor and putting on a show. We don’t even realize it.  Our intentions our good, we want to put our best foot forward and show others what we are made of.  Unfortunately, deep down we have this sense that who we are is not enough.  So we take who we are and we add to it to make it look better.  The problem comes that when we do that for so long, we lose track of who we truly are.  We cannot tell the difference from the facade and our true selves.  I remember in high school they would talk about the masks that we wear.  I think of it more like the cloaks that we wear.  When we reach a point in our lives and it is more exhausting to keep up the facade, we begin to breakdown.  Then we think that we are failures because we cannot keep up the act.  We have long convinced ourselves that the act is who we are.  But believe it or not, the freedom comes in the breakdown because we get an opportunity to get back to who we really are.  This requires a pause, some self-examination, and most of a compassionate heart.  We have to recognize for ourselves if we truly believe that even God loves us for who we are, not who we have made ourselves up to be.  The beauty of this potentially harrowing experience if we stick with it long enough is that we come to find out that who we genuinely are is who God created us to be.  Warts and all as they say–and God wants to be in relationship with that genuine being.  He is delighted by our foolishness, our craziness, our madness; even when we want to throw in the towel.  You see, when God created us he made a commitment.  The commitment was to be our source forever and each day that we wake up and breathe, that commitment is renewed.  I invite you today to stop and take a look at the genuine self that resides in your heart and begin to get to know the creation that comes from God.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen

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