tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8191983128354484539.post-91233223277129683902008-02-13T21:34:00.004-05:002008-02-13T21:47:38.310-05:00<span style="font-style: italic;">We admire people who live the "Truefaced" life, but our loss of hope has forced us into desperately trying to discover safety from behind our masks. In a real sense, we are all performers. Because of sin, we've lost confidence that we will always please our audience, and so we put on a mask. As an unintended result, no one, not even the people we love, ever get to see our true face. -- <span style="font-weight: bold;">Truefaced; page 16</span></span><br /><br /> Wow, so we all should have started reading the book TrueFaced, "Trusting God and others with who we really are." It has been revealing so far. The first chapter has us dealing with authenticity in our walks with God. How often do we all walk into church with the "happy face." Walking around convincing and saying to ourselves, "I'm fine," "Everything's fine," "The people around me are fine," "My life is fine." When the truth is we often want to scream to our fellow Christians, "I need help!" "I need encouragement!" Or, "I need you to pray with me, and not look down on me because of my problems." Church's need to begin to build ministries with authenticity. Environments that are safe for discipleship building and encouragement. We all need it.<br />So I hope that we all feel the opportunity to make posts and converse about where this study is taking us. I can't wait to see where God leads.sleary6279http://www.blogger.com/profile/03793499220647179853noreply@blogger.com