Duplicity

"The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity." - Proverbs 11:3

I believe that one our greatest struggles is be our true selves around other people. There are too many occasions where we live in duplicity - we have one personality (mask) for work, or church, or certain people and then we have another personality when we are with family or even by ourselves. 

We need to remember that God knows us at our worst and yet He still invites us to be part of his Kingdom. We can't fool the Lord - he knows all our pretenses and all the masks that we wear. Coming to Christ with all our honest struggles and brokenness is the only way to approach the throne of God's grace. 

"We are only falsehood, duplicity, contradiction; we both conceal and disguise ourselves from ourselves." - Blaise Pascal

“The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position.” - Leo Buscaglia

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Lent #9 - Duplicity

In this chapter, Solomon compares the acts of a person with integrity and then someone who is unfaithful and unrighteous.

"The integrity of the upright guides them,  but
the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity." - Proverbs 11:3


"Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted,but by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed." - Proverbs 11:11

He mentions the word 'Duplicity' in these thoughts - which means being double minded or leading a double life. In order to be a Christ-follower we need to commit all our ways to the Lord. We can't lead a double life, pretending to be someone we are not. In the end, people who lead a double life end up tripping over their own lies.

"Dishonesty, Cowardice and Duplicity are never impulsive." - George A. Knight


As we journey towards the Cross I invite you into a 'tough' reflection. Ask yourself if there is anything of a "double Life" in your heart. Do you pretend to be someone you are not? It is very tiring trying to be two different people. Be yourself and allow Christ to love you through His grace.

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