Recently all us crazy Jr. High youth workers had our annual “mall hunt” event .  This is where we (youth leaders) dress up in costume while kids in chaperoned teams try to find us .  Kind of a living “wheres waldo” thing (my wife refused to kiss me like this by the way… cant understand why… maybe she is not into older men).

It got me to thinking (don’t laugh that’s not funny I WAS  thinking!).  This was my disguise but it was me.  No fake hair, no fake mustache, actually me.  So is it a disguise if its me?  Why didn’t people recognize me?  IT’S STILL ME PEOPLE!  Then it hit me.  We all put on an image of who we think we are… or who we want people to see.  We all wear a “face” maybe multiple faces.  We have work faces, party faces, extended family faces, school faces (ever look at your old year book?) dare i say CHURCH FACES?  Is this just a matter of being comfortable in my own skin?  do I put on faces to hide sin?  Hide from consequences?  Is this a matter if integrity?  What are your thoughts?  What faces do people put on?  When and why do we do it?  Is it all bad? Are there times we need to put on face?  Makes me ponder.

This entry was posted on Friday, January 15th, 2010 at 7:29 am and is filed under tom's thoughts.