TODAY THE WORD is DISGUISES. While I was reviewing some files, I saw a post I wrote on masquerade. My thoughts went to the first time I saw a clown and I thought I would share my thoughts. Many people have written on the subject of clowns, mimes, jesters, and other entertainers with masked or cosmetically altered faces with costumes to complete their ensemble. My topic is more of the emotional disguise which is more essential to play the part of a happy, comical, and silly character. I would like you to look at the photos of randomly picked clowns. Even when you see the happy face clown, it has a semblance of sadness which is present in the eyes or the mouth, but it is there seemingly disguised by bright colors and heavily enhanced by black marked pencils. Of course, the animations make the disguise less tell tale of the true personality hidden behind the makeup, hats, and wigs. It caused me to think of how all of us humans may hide behind disguises in life. We may walk around with “painted on” smiles, laugh as if we are happy, display a positive attitude when we actually are feeling gloom and doom, or even act like we are holy when we are struggling with our own redemption. We may “pretend” to love others or in other words, wear disguises of loving, caring people while we are secretly hiding our animosity toward the same people. Disguises may provide a fake personality and it may not be obvious by demonstrated false animations. What I feel is vital for us to realize and is the deeper thought….People may not see through disguises and we may have in our presence, or even be, the disguised person…..God however sees through all disguises and fake displays of affection. Honesty is the best way to be and asking God to help us love others, even those who are harder to love. Love is easier if we have internal peace and love ourselves. The phrase “To thine own self be true” should really followed by “To God all things be true”. Disguises might camouflage our exterior body, but they can never change our souls. We need to scrub our souls in the same way a clown scrubs the makeup to reveal the true being inside. Live life, love life, and live life to the fullest by loving God and everyone including yourself.
DAILY FEATURED BIBLE VERSE:
1 John 3:1 ESV
See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
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