Nothing has changed.

 

Not one thing.

 

Sure, we wear masks.

And we are locked down inside our houses.

 

And we might be short on face time because our face is in a screen.

 

 

And yes, we might lose something, or someone.  My mom said goodbye in February.

 

 

But let’s put things in perspective.

 

 

There will come a day when we are going to remove these masks.

 

And we will walk without them and anything that they might represent.

 

But let’s be sure to ditch those things RIGHT NOW.

 

 

Maybe those masks represent Fear

Maybe they are our inability to understand that we are mortal.  That are bodies will someday break down and stop working like my mom’s did.  Maybe they make us feel protected, and secure, and free from harm.  But they do not.  We are just as vulnerable as before we put them on.  And our adversary might not be Covid-19, but cancer or old age or …

     In Jesus, we are above all of those things.  Free to die and be born into a life that IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN THIS ONE.  My mom told my wife days before she died:  “There are plenty of helpers” as she looked throughout the room.  These were not the words of a woman who had lost her mind.  They were the words of a woman who was transitioning from flesh to spirit.  Hallelujah.  She is in heaven.

 

Maybe those masks represent Shame

Maybe they are the sins and ugliness of of our terrible choices, resulting from terrible thoughts, and originating in a terrible person.  Maybe that mask can cover all of our mistakes, and humiliations, and shortcomings.  But it won’t.  We are just as sinful covered up as we are exposed.  And our adversary has ample evidence to convict us of high treason — and we will be found guilty.

     In Jesus, we have nothing to hide.  As He stood in front of the woman who was to be stoned and called out the priests, He will stand in front of you and call out your accuser.  And when He does, He will be a hero IN SPITE of you.  Hallelujah.  You have a ticket to the show — and you didn’t even need to pay.

 

Maybe those masks cover up the Truth

Maybe they can stop us from seeing the smile, or frown, of the person we speak to.  They certainly will cover up someone talking to us on a screen in some other location.  But maybe, if the truth is ugly, this is a good thing.  For just like snapchat or facebook or instagram or whatever else — we can show exactly what we want to show and nothing else.

     In Jesus, we find that TRUTH is everything.  You see, we don’t live in the world of “my truth”.  “My truth” is a lie from the pits of Hell.  There is only one TRUTH — none other than Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

 

 

John 14  6  Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

 

Take off the mask, Play the song, and Approach the throne of grace.

 

Nothing Has Changed

 

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYkZE8AogDE

 

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