Flawed Yet loved – March 31, 2015

Romans 5:7 – 9     …7 For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die. 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him.…

John 3:16     For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Ephesians 5:2     and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

1 John 4:10     This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

What would happen if you dropped all the pretense and façade and showed people who you really are? What would happen if you peeled back the layers and became more comfortable in your calling, purpose and humanity? What would it hurt to live your life on trial, telling the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the trust so help you God? I can tell you that we would find that there are more similarities that would bring us together than we find and use to divide us.

Maybe in being open and honest we would learn how to be open about our failures, fears and frailties and stop bragging about our success (really when you think about it…why do you ever really need to announce a success, wouldn’t it speak for itself?) It’s time to give open and honest testimony….speak of the failures prior to the success.

Adam found himself naked before God and his wife…what’s my point? My point is that we have to love and be loved by someone to such a deep degree that we can say “This is who I am and it’s all that I am  at the moment. Love me and be patient with me. I have unlimited potential but today I am this….”

We dishonor our process when we “sell out”  by accepting …if the only way someone can love you is after you have perfected imperfections; please believe they don’t love you, they love what you can do for them  (façade maintenance)

Thank God that He doesn't wait until we are perfected. He loves us while we believe we’re unlovable so we don’t have to hide. He loves us with an everlasting love.