Oftentimes, we are afraid to be truthful because of how we think that will make us look. We fear judgment from our peers, family and friends based upon a perception that we think they have of us. The question always becomes, "How do you see me?" We dare not ask the question out loud, for fear that we are not ready for the answer. We instead choose to adjust our image to be pleasing the sight of others. However, I can't help but wonder, who is really impressed by that? We had a guest speaker at church a few weeks ago, and he stated the following:
If you want to impress someone, tell them of your successes. If you want to impact someone, tell them of your failures.
That really stuck with me, as we tend to cover up our failures while broadcasting our successes. To me, what that does is create a 'perfect image' of a person, who is placed on a pedestal so high that we dare not mess up for fear that the 'perfect image' is tainted, and we are looking up at the pedestal, afraid to share our own shortcomings. Ironically, the image exists only in our minds. We each have a testimony, and we have it for a reason. That reason is not to say "Oh I made it through that" but rather to say, "Look at what and where God has brought me from." If we be honest with ourselves, is this not how we truly want to be seen? Is this not how we desire to truly see someone? Selah..
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