The final chapter

I just finished reading "TrueFaced" tonight. D and I have been reading through this for about 2 1/2 months now (1 chapter per week... sometimes 1 chapter for 2 weeks). It's a must read - probably the best "self help book" I've ever read... and I've read my fair share!

Below are a few of my favorite highlights from the final chapter. Enjoy!

Ever since we were children we have had dreams and hopes of destiny. Some of these dreams are our own, but others came from the very hand of God - and God's dreams never go off the radar screen. Even time, failure, or heartbreak can't make us forget them entirely. Still, most of us have tried to stuff them into the attic. We have been rudely awakened out of too many of them, too many times, and each time we lost more and more of the dream. Yet even if we've forgotten the fiber of those dreams, God has not.

What dream is God dreaming when He dreams about you and about me, and how can we help that dream come true?

We are all performers, but because of sin we've lost confidence that we will always please our audience, and so we put on a mask. As an unintended result, no one, not even the people I love, ever get to see my true face. The real me.

We are all performers. One question remains: Will you perform to gain the acceptance and pleasure of your audience - and always feel that you have failed? Or will you perform out of a heart of trusting delight, knowing you have already please your Audience?

A word of caution... I'm no longer performing for you, actually I haven't been for about 6 months. This is me. True faced. Enjoy.