This is by far not my favorite phrase...I've always struggled with it, but I've seen it really work. My favorite example is a former roommate, who would get up an hour or two early on days that she was feeling sick. She would put curlers in her hair, put full make up on and wear a great outfit. She said that this got her through the day. When she felt like crawling under a rock, she compensated with her presentation and appearance so that she would carry herself in a way throughout the day that others would not know that she was "feeling" like half of herself. She faked the other half until she could make it back to being herself. It was amazing! She functioned sometimes at a HIGHER level on those blah days!
I think part of me has struggled with how that fits into a life reaching for living a transparent and genuine life. My friend is a very genuine person and truly found strength of spirit and in reality a way of being herself MORE through the actions. But maybe what the magic of it really is that the wording misrepresents what really is striving towards a goal. It's not really fake if you are simply letting God's grace carry you without HOLDING BACK His glory that is shining through you. You see, it's not that you are faking anything...you may FEEL like you are faking it, but you are just recognizing that you really are human and really are empty...but that you don't have to let that be your whole story. One of the perks of being a disciple is that God rewrites our story...not just for eternity, but the day to day story as well....even the days that we really don't wanna exist. So, go ahead, wake up a little earlier, dress a little nicer and most definitely hold that head a little higher. Even if you aren't feeling up to it, God is...and He will take care of today...and every other day.
