the cuppboard

Christians are great pretenders. We tell ourselves it’s not supposed to be this way for Christians, and so we resort to a cover-up. For the sake of the gospel, we don’t want to let on (especially in front of the watching world) that things aren’t working out so well. We try to smooth things over for God, send in our best damage-control team to deal with these embarrassing questions, and polish up God’s reputation. We feel it’s our Christian duty to look our best. We can’t afford to show our flaws. Let’s give the world (and each other) the airbrushed version of ourselves as proof that the Christian life really works.

God won’t and doesn’t participate in this kind of masquerade.