Today I saw some of the movie My Best Friend's Girl and one of the characters, Tank, said something to me that really stuck out: in trying to convince his best friend Dustin, not to tell this woman his real feelings about her, Tank says to him, "you haven't shown her the real you, just a highlight reel of you, which isn't the real you at all." And again, one of those things that make you go hmmmm. Now I know we've talked about this before but it's worth going over again. What are we showing to people really, is it our best parts, the funny, smiling, nice, help an elderly person across the street, and offer our entire gourmet dinner to the homeless person. Or are we also showing people that sometimes we need a breath mint, we have a bad days, and we get mad when someone takes the last bit of orange juice in the fridge too. I know sometimes it can be difficult to show all of you to every one around you because honestly, not everyone can stick around for the extended director's cut of your movie God is putting together, but that doesn't mean we should give people only previews because that is not the whole of we are and who God made us to be and you would be surprised how people react to our responses when we show them something more than what we previewed to them. Again, we can select who gets the free private screening and who gets to buy a ticket but as long as we show people the real us instead of reels of us, at least they know what to expect from us and what God is doing in our lives.
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