Reality Show - Get Real!
Sincere: free of hypocrisy, deceit, or falseness; earnest; genuine, real. Steadfast: fixed in direction, steadily directed; firm in purpose, resolution; firmly established. Wow! Today's traits are pretty overwhelming when you read those definitions, but they are quite possible for the one whose life is tapped into the wisdom, knowledge and understanding which only comes from being intimately connected with Christ. Most of us desire to live free of hypocrisy, yet when it comes to being totally "real", it is quite a different story, isn't it? We somehow perceive we will be "judged" if we are who we are, so we "play act" a little to kind of "cover up" what we think others don't want to know about us. The truth be told, the other person is probably doing the same. This is why so many newly married couples have a rude awakening when they actually are married and not just dating. We put our best foot forward in dating, don'