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“Can you promise me that if I take off my mask, I won’t get hurt?”

“No. I can’t promise you that.”

“Then why risk it? Why take the chance? Do you have any idea of what you are asking?”

How would you have responded to that? What do you say? “I promise that if you risk, you won’t get hurt at all. In fact, it will help fight cavities and lower your cholesterel.”

But that’s not going to happen…only diet and exercise. Seriously, there aren’t any promises to prevent pain that can be kept.

I promise if you DON’T risk - you’ll crater…eventually. You’ll become bored with Jesus and look for some other drug of choice. You’ll morph into a hollow poser that drifts through life missing the adventure. I promise that if you DON’T risk - you will avoid pain and uncomfortableness but you won’t avoid insecurity. You’ll never experience and know the fullness of the grace of Jesus.

Those are the promises I can make.

You can read more about confession and appropriateness here.

Health Questions

Where is your vulnerability level in your Life Group – low, medium or high risk? NOT your life groups level, but YOUR PERSONAL level.
Why are you at that level?
What is your own risk level?
What keeps you from being real?
Where is your Life Group’s vulnerability level at?
Are there sin/hurt feelings issues that have not been resolved in your group?
What would it take to get you to a place of complete, utter, nakedness, desperation, humiliation? Would you risk that if you knew that Jesus would be there?