Just when I think I am getting somewhere in my walk God opens my eyes a little more and shows me that I have so much further to go.  Its like getting a new prescription for my glasses.  All the sudden I realize that the things I thought I saw so clearly look a bit different and it is not all that comfortable.   As a new Christian I was quickly enamored by the Cardboard Cutout Christian (C3) , you know, the Christian that does all those things a Christian should do – go to church, join a Bible study, read the Bible, find some way to serve at the local church, looking good and righteous the whole time doing it.  So when I started seeking I put on my Sunday clothes and my Sunday face and there I sat in church all smiling when inside I was a disaster and my life was like a potential train wreck spiraling out of control.   This was easy and familiar; it reminded me of the church I had grown up in.  For a while I sat among other C3s with their false smiles plastered across their faces and exchanged pleasantries such as “how was your week?”, “oh, just fine”.  Yes, just fine indeed.  Then God opened my eyes a little more.  He revealed three words to me:  Keep. It. Real.  Hmm…keep it real?  What?!?  I began to squirm in my seat and the other Cardboard Cutouts began to stare.  Squirming is not acceptable behavior for Cardboard Cutouts, and sadly, neither are relationships.  This is where my true relationship with my Savior began.  Years gone by and I’ve just been given another pair of godly glasses.  As my vision came into focus I saw Be Who You Are and I thought, man is this going to upset some people.