Masks: It is a GOOD day!

We all wear them. We all need them.  The dinner party with the husband's boss.  The girlfriend we haven't seen in years.  The one you put on when your tired and really want to be a grump but know your family needs you to smile.  The one you pull out to hide the pain.  The one you need when your torn up, distraught, in grief and can barely hold your head up.  We smile, hold it in, cover it up, mask it.

I recognize those masks.  I have worn them myself.  Some of them are useful.  Some of them are all that get you through. Fake it till you make it, so to speak....

Sometimes I wonder when they will totally go away. Sometimes I throw them off and regret the things I say.  Sometimes I run to them, ready to put them on.  Other times I am thankful they are there when I want to hide.

Today I chose to embrace them. They represent all of who I am...all of who I want to be... all of what I want life to bring.  Today, I love on them.  I give them grace.  They are my masks, I wear them from time to time.  But they are truly part of me.

Today I chose this, because today is a day that all of it doesn't matter.  Today is a day that takes away the importance of those masks..It removes why I wear them...it transcends why I need them... it addresses why there is pain to cover... it covers the reasons I have pretended... it covers what I want to hide....Today is a good day...

Today is GOOD FRIDAY!

Today is the day my Savior died for it all. Today if you chose He will cover it all.  Not with a mask...not with a label... not with pretending.  No... if you chose to believe... He will cover it instead with His blood that He shed.  With pain that He suffered...He covers it all.  It gives us the grace to love our mistakes.  It gives us the freedom to wear Him as our covering.  His light... His beacon... His grace! It is Him we can run to. In all our weakness, He becomes our strength.  Even our masks, He choses to embrace.

Today I chose Him!  Do you?