the elephant in the room.

In Genesis 2, man and woman are created. This chapter ends with the verse: “The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.”

In a very literal sense, being naked meant they weren’t hiding anything. They were open and bare before God and before each other. Because this was the way in the garden, we know that something about this is how God wants it to be for us as well. So… God wants us all to become nudists!?

No… at least not literally. Unlike the first man and woman (before the fall), we try to cover ourselves, to hide our imperfections and our weaknesses, not only from God but from each other. By doing this, we cover who we really are and thereby cheapen God’s grace. We are not perfect, but God does not expect us to be. He wants to work in us despite our weaknesses, so that in us, His strength is all the more on display.

Until we admit to ourselves and to God that we’re not fooling any one behind our figurative designer threads, then there’s always going to be this great, big elephant in the room keeping us from any kind of real intimacy with God or with each other.

Keep it real, friends.

Xx.