Wednesday Coffee Talk

Good Wednesday morning everyone.  How'd you sleep?  Me?  Man!  I slept so good!  I woke up a couple of times, but went right back to sleep.  Got some awesome rest.  Does a body good!  I hope you slept as good as I did.  Today is going to be another great day!  I just know it! Our challenge from today comes from my sermon I will be preaching tonight.  I hope you don't mind me sharing it, but I felt the need to use this excerpt of it. 

""We all have different emotions inside, wanting to come out.

We hide our emotions.  We hide the real us from our parents, our spouses, our friends, but most of all, ourselves.  Why do we do this?  Is it out of fear?  Fear we will let ourselves down?  Fear we will let others down?  We don’t want anyone to find out the “real” us?  Wearing masks only destroys the “real” us.  It tears down our emotions, our trust, our hurts, and our hearts.  In wearing masks, we disguise ourselves.  Hiding the real self that is inside.  When a soldier is fighting a war, he disguises himself from his enemy.  When a child goes trick or treating on Halloween, he disguises himself from his friends and those he goes to get candy from door to door.  We learn at that early age to put on masks.  Wearing a mask then is fun at that age.  Then, as we grow in to our teen years, masks become a “need”.  A necessity.  A cover.  A protection of sorts.  Then, in adulthood,  it becomes habit.  We put our masks on as we leave home and go face the world.  When we return home, off comes the masks and we are who we are.  Why do we do this?  Let the real you come out today.  Take off the masks and just be you.  When you do this, you will become happier than you have ever been.  Why tote an emotional briefcase full of masks.  A masks for this situation and another mask for that situation.  Just pull off ALL the masks and be the person you were created to be.  YOU!  After God’s OWN image.  You see, God created all of us in HIS image.  There is an old proverb that says “What’s bred in the bone, will come out in the flesh.”  God was bred in our bones the moment we were conceived.  Let GOD arise inside of you and let the REAL man or woman be seen today!"  This can also go along with WLS.  We wore masks of shame and hurt as obese people and we didn't want anyone to see that.  As we become thinner, we ''slowly'' begin to take the masks off.  It is my prayer that we will ALL take our masks off today and learn to be happy!  BE YOU!  Who you were MEANT TO BE! So, who's up?  What cha sipping on?  Me?  I'm enjoying some awesome Classic Cookie Company White Chocolate Macedamia Nut Cookie Coffee from Pamela D!  Thanks Pam for this wonderful coffee.  It sure is good! Ya'll have a wonderful and blessed Wednesday! 

Ah, Randall, we look at the world through such different colored glasses.  Perhaps I should be know as Bi-Polar Man rahter than sjbob.  That illness skews my views even on good days like today. I think a lot of us Need masks even though we know we are created in God's image.  If I let others see my true emotions at all times, I'd probably be divorced and not have any friends.  I have many character flaws which I try to overcome by myself.  I know that I should pray and ask for God's help, but I'm ornery that way. A very real thing in life is temptation.  I don't care what the temptation is for.  I don't think God wants us to face temptation alone.  I think He wants us to become dependent on Him and pray to Him when we are tempted--to act like little children.  If we did that, then maybe, like innocent little children, we wouldn't need our masks. So, I agree that I shouldn't need those masks if I just prayed more and became more dependent on God.  Sadly, there are days when I barely think about Him.  I usually don't realize I haven't prayed that day until the next day.  Then I resolve to get more prayer in my daily life until I become complacent again. I'm glad to get your daily shot in the arm.  I also subscribe to 2 servoces which send me e-mails with brief scripture texts each day.  So, at least I think about God and pray a little when I go to my e-mails.