We the Church have some universal prejudices. One in my culture is plastic surgery.
How different is covering up the truth about our skin from the covering up of our sin or even just the truth about who I really am?
It’s totally crazy to me that the only group of people that I should be able to be honest with are it seems the best at being dishonest! Why aren’t we as disgusted by our lack of transparency as we are at the vanity of plastic skin, to be honest it doesn’t compute for me, the ones and Zeros on my brain do not have a pattern for this kind of thinking. It’s totally bizarre!
The very key to a fulfilled life is connection to other people, how can I have that when nobody knows the truth about me? How can people trust you when you hold all the ammunition which is what happens when you know all about someone else and they know nothing of the truth about you? Or even worse we are all just hiding behind storefronts that say “Lovely biscuits” on the outside but on the inside there are some sweet things but all kinds of other stuff not so nice, no one really ever knows the truth.
I’ve come to a point in life where I realize that the best way to see yourself is reflected in Jesus and His people, like it says in the bible “iron sharpens iron”.
So what I’m saying is expose the metal so we can all sharpen each other.
corey
2 Comments
April 17, 2009 at 6:37 am
Great blog man. Right on the money. Real life comes out of authentic community, you can’t have that without truth telling. Well communicated! More Jesus reflectors required!
April 17, 2009 at 6:59 am
I have a worpress! Maybe I should use it…
I like your thoughts Corey. I always disagree a little bit with like 5% of what you say. But I always agree a lot with the other 95%. I think that’s a good ratio. 100% would be boring and 0% would mean I would have to avoid you forever.