Truth Be Told

I think  we often like to present an illusion to the people around us that we always have it all together in our lives, that we are never troubled or sad about anything.  We sometimes also think that other people's lives are relatively free of troubles and heartaches.  This, of course is not true.  We all face trials of various kinds and degrees in our lives.  The Lord is the only One who fully understands our heartaches in their depths.   Yet to the degree that I have shared my heartaches with others as well as the Lord, I have felt uplifted and helped.  To the degree that I have felt deeply moved to pray for someone else, I have also felt helped and uplifted.  If truth be told, we need to share our burdens on a much larger scale than we do.  I recently ran across a song that talks about that very thing.  The song is titled. "Truth be Told."  Following is a link to that song on You Tube and then also the written lyrics for the song.  It certainly is food for thought:  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs-PcD79XVY

Lie number one you're supposed to have it all together

And when they ask how you're doing
Just smile and tell them, "Never better"

Lie number 2 everybody's life is perfect except yours
So keep your messes and your wounds
And your secrets safe with you behind closed doors

Truth be told
The truth is rarely told, now

I say I'm fine, yeah I'm fine oh I'm fine, hey I'm fine but I'm not
I'm broken
And when it's out of control I say it's under control but it's not
And you know it
I don't know why it's so hard to admit it
When being honest is the only way to fix it
There's no failure, no fall
There's no sin you don't already know
So let the truth be told

There's a sign on the door, says, "Come as you are" but I doubt it
'Cause if we lived like it was true, every Sunday morning pew would be crowded
But didn't you say the church should look more like a hospital
A safe place for the sick, the sinner and the scarred and the prodigals