The Truth as it is

The Truth as it is
I recently attended a Young People programme. The Pastor of the Church is a man I have always admired for years. The programme did not run like you normally expect.
The typical young people’s groove was present but there was something still solemn in the atmosphere.
The Pastor took us a journey of his life keeping us on the intricate details of the bad. It was his way of preparing us for what was coming. He asked the unusual questions.
We were challenged to tell the truth as it is. He asked us to tell the truth about who we were.
The humbling moment was when he asked all the virgins (male & female) to stand up. We were humbled because we did not say who we were with pride but with a sense of wonder in God.
Another aspect was that at each point, those who sat cheered those who stood.
These moments reminded me of what it means to be the family of God. We have the confidence to say who we are; knowing we are accepted because of what God has done. I long for more gatherings like this.
It did not matter that we were around those we could be ashamed to say what we were, we have the audience of the forever Father.
He is ever there.
One Father over us all.