Today while walking home I saw these two little girls at the void deck acting out a scene from some Channel 8 Chinese Drama serial. One was about 5 and she was pretending to be a mother, and the other girl was pretending to be a grandfather of some sort. They were so absorbed in their roles that they did not even hear their father call them home.

It reminded me of how much we humans like to pretend. At school, we might like to pretend that we're something better, so that others will like us more. At work, we might take on a different personality and a different approach, so that we might be closer to that promotion or be able to build better relationships with other people. At church, we might like to pretend that we are always on a spiritual high, always close to God and maybe just - faultless. Sometimes, we pretend so much that we even forget who our real selves are, absorbed in our role-playing and role-switching that we are entirely oblivious God's voice.

Seeing those two girls at the void deck and their father reminded me of how our father looks at us just as we are. Nothing we do can make Him love us more, just like nothing we do can make Him love us less. So why pretend to be something more than we are not? Know that God loves you and that He will still love you if you are less than perfect. After all, He created us imperfect so that we would find a need to rely on Him.

Have a good week and be yourself!

We live for you, Lord! | 2:19 AM