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Cracked Pots
Posted by Brian
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1:51 PM

The reality is, however, that Marshall unapologetically believes that most churches today are filled with people who put on their Sunday perma-smile, and would have you believe that they have it all together. This has been my experience too. In fact, for several years, I suited up and went to the "big show". I did have authentic relationships with a few close friends, but most people looked at me and assumed all was well, based purely on my polished exterior.
I remember a good friend preaching on the importance of sincerity. He explained the words latin roots were "sin" (without) and "cere" (wax). In the ancient world, pot makers would occassionally break a pot. So they would glue it back together with candle wax and paint it. and to the naked eye (and even the clothed one) it would look perfectly fine. It wasn't until the buyer took it home and filled it with hot soup that the wax would melt and the pot would fall apart. A cracked pot.
Life tends to reveal our imperfections, and no amount of clever disguise can cover them up. And why should we? Better to be known and loved for who we are, cracks and all, then to be known and loved under false pretenses, right?