Taking Off The Mask

The trouble is not always taking off the mask, the true fight is not putting a new one on.  The Father is serious about not hiding.  The "holy",  the church has been after in my lifetime is morality.  The "mask" of morality is a tricky one,  if we meet the standards of "holy morality" it can leave you empty.  The standards in my lifetime have been; 1. Do you go to "church"? 2. Do you drink? 3. Do you have sex outside of marriage? 4. Are you saved? 5. Do you listen to rock 'n' roll?  I have taken off or put on all these masks in my search for meaning and none of it met my deep meaning of belonging.  My deep need of belonging is met in my relationship with my Father, a place where all the masks are taken off and I find out He just loves me period.

Accountability

Recently I had someone tell me I needed to go to "church" to be accountable.  Going to "church" has never kept me accountable anymore than going to a sporting event makes me an athlete.  As a son of The Father it is true I have a responsibility to be accountable.  This accountability comes from a buy in or choice on my part to be known and not to live a hidden life.  The Father says the man who loves God will be known by God.  This is also true in the natural the man who loves his family will be known by his family.  It is not in going to "church" and looking accountable, but in being open and known by those closest to me.  I believe the most important thing is not doing and going, but instead being and becoming.  Doing and going is following a system, being and becoming is following the voice of truth for you and yours.  There is a time to go to church and there is a time not to.  The Father's voice is what we follow and not the voice of a stranger.   I believe being true to the relationships we are in right this minute is the best way to "be accountable."