President Dieter F. Uchtdorf- On Being Genuine
What is a façade? It is putting up a front, or being fake. We all tend to do this, we want to appear to the world that everything is ok. We need to be careful that our hearts are in the right place so that we don't become like the Pharisees and Sadducees "who tired to appear righteous in order to win the praise, influence, and wealth of the world all while oppressing the people they should have been blessing."
We need to remember that "many of the things that you can count, do not count. Many of the things you cannot count really do count". For example which is more important; numbers or people, sin or sinner, calling or ministry. "The Church is not an automobile showroom- a place to put ourselves on display so that others can admire our spirituality, capacity, or prosperity. It is more like a service center, where vehicles in need of repair come for maintenance and rehabilitation. And are we not, all of us, in need of repair, maintenance, and rehabilitation? We come to church not to hide our problems but to heal them."
" . . .the God of Creation, who breathed life into the universe, surely has the power to breathe life into you. Surely He can make of you the genuine, spiritual being of light and truth you desire to be."
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