There is a lot to be said for photo shop and learning how to edit pictures to make the best possible image.  You can crop out all the bad stuff and come up with a pretty good profile picture.  You can focus in on the things you want and eliminate the junk behind it.  You can even add things to make it look like your world is much better than it really is.

Wouldn’t it be nice if that were true in the “real” world – if you could erase all the blemishes and wrinkles in the blink of an eye, drop 50 pounds, pump up you muscles, live in luxurious surroundings, eat sumptuous food, have the perfect family, run every marathon and  make yourself into a super hero just like that?  The only trouble is, you will be discovered soon enough and all the flaws and imperfections come blaring out like the reflection you see in the mirror each day.

Sin is like that. We can try to cover it up with good works.  Many say it doesn’t exist and ignore it.  We may hide under the guise of the church to become respectable.  We can go to extremes behaving like something we’re not, but eventually sin reveals itself and the ugliness convicts us.  We can’t fool the One who sees deeply into our hearts.

When you trust that Jesus has already paid for the ugliness of sin, you can be assured that it’s no longer visible to God.  That doesn’t mean we won’t sin again.  It simply shows how much we must rely on Him to make us right.  His perfection has made us perfect and given us new life.  Now, because of our gratitude, we can come to the throne of God way better than Facebook perfect.