A Masked Face

 

 

It has been a hot minute since I have shared a blog post. Part of it being I haven’t sat down and given the time to write one. I’ve been so overwhelmed with meeting new people and the excitement that comes with it that I have slacked a bit on here. However this topic of a masked face has been stirring on my heart to write about.

 

Two years ago I went to China. I remember the air there was like standing next to a bonfire. It was Smokey, thick, and had a heat that would make you melt faster than ice cream on a hot summers day. I remember standing outside talking to my friends when this gentleman came outside and immediately put on a black mask. 

 

HOW STRANGE! Why on this day that’s melting my skin off would this man be wanting to put a mask on when you didn’t need to. It was completely bonkers to me at the time.

 

In the USA at the time the only instance you saw people with a mask on was either Halloween or if they were super sick in the hospital. Besides that we didn’t want to see people in masks in public places it almost rang trouble if you did.

 

 Fast forward two years and everything has changed. Wearing masks is not considered strange but the new normal. You walk through the automatic doors In Walmart and what do you see but the majority of the individuals with a mask on.

 

What a different way of life. When looking at someone wearing a mask it reminds me of the character Wilson from Home Improvement who never revealed his full face in any of the episodes. I remember as a kid sitting there more curious than a cat just wanting to know what the other half of his face looked like. Now that’s the society we live in. One where the mask covers and hides who a person is. A mask that changes how we see people completely different.

 

Then I stop for a minute and think. This unusual way of life might not be new to us after all. How often do we walk past people and they give us a smile or nod of some sorts when in reality they are masking their true emotions. How often when we ask people how are you doing and they answer with fine or good and walk on by. As I sit here and ponder wearing a mask for our society isn’t anything new they are just more visible. Our society is so comfortable with not revealing the true nature of who they are to people. We hide behind a piece of cloth that doesn’t show our full selves.

 

 

It now begs to ask the question do you wear a mask when talking to God? You see I’ve been wanting to write this blog post for a while but have refrained because I felt like I didn’t have the right words to express what I am wanting to share. 

 

 

However, my question is just that Do you wear a mask before God? Some might say this is a silly question but to me it has held true. Most my life I am seen as a very optimistic, energetic person but I am very good at not only masking that to the world but to God. I remember praying to God at points of my life when everything felt like it was in shambles and being like no worries God everything is Good or Fine; because that’s the response our society trained me to say. In reality though everything wasn’t good or fine but I kept my mask on especially when talking to God. 

 

I eventually have learned it is okay to be human and to let the mask down. You don’t have to wear a mask when talking to God and I pray we don’t metaphorically have to wear our masks to the individuals around us. See God doesn’t want us to be like Wilson in Home Improvement. He wants to see our full face, not just a part of it.  So I end this post today asking you to maybe take off that mask you are wearing. Show your full face to God. I challenge you to think about the thing that you are trying to hide from the world or from God and find the freedom in not having to wear it. Whatever the mask remember GOD LOVES YOU.

 

So, What is something you are keeping masked from the world and need God to set you free from? 

 

 

 

P.S. this post isn’t talking about physically not being able to wear or not wear a mask around places. I did refrain from giving my personal opinion on the topic. I am using the mask as a metaphor and if you have any questions please message me because I would love to talk more about it??