Better Than an Hallelujah

This song by Amy Grant has been on the radio a lot over the past few months. There is something that strikes me every time I listen to it. This song makes me think about Sunday mornings at church. I don't know where it came from, but why do Christians feel like they need to act like they have it all together? I am making a generalization here, but it's so true. They feel like they have to put a smile on and act a certain way. I can tell you right now, no one has their act together. We are all messed up. How many of those smiles are fake? God doesn't want the fake crap. He wants honesty, whether good or bad, he'll take it all. God works through it all. We are only saved and healed by God's grace.

Can you imagine what our churches would look like if people were honest with themselves and God? Our relationships with each other and God would be so much deeper, so much more real. If we are honest with God about where we are at in our relationship with him, it will take leaps and bounds forward than when we try to pretend like we are something we are not. I am one to see right through an act that someone is putting on. Generally, putting on an act means that there is a much deeper issue. What are people trying to hide?

I try to be as genuine and honest as possible. That is why I love hanging around people with disabilities. They are as genuine and honest as it gets(most of the time). Sometimes they are brutally honest, and they express the good with the bad. God doesn't want us when we have our act together. We will never have our act together. He wants us now, right where we are at. God can see where we will be down the road, he can see what we will become. He sees us as a beautiful mess, ready to be made whole.