Stained Glass Masquerade

Is there anyone that fails
Is there anyone that falls
Am I the only one in church today feelin’ so small

Cause when I take a look around
Everybody seems so strong
I know they’ll soon discover
That I don’t belong

So I tuck it all away, like everything’s okay
If I make them all believe it, maybe I’ll believe it too
So with a painted grin, I play the part again
So everyone will see me the way that I see them

Are we happy plastic people
Under shiny plastic steeples
With walls around our weakness
And smiles to hide our pain
But if the invitation’s open
To every heart that has been broken
Maybe then we close the curtain
On our stained glass masquerade

this song has spoke a mighty word to my heart, it has made me think alot, and made me realize that i feel like this so many times.

i feel like i dont belong, like i shouldn't be in the church, because i AM a screw up. but everybody is, everybody trips and everybody falls.  i think Mark Hall used the perfect words to describe everyones true feelings in this song. he most likely even feels this from time to time or has at one time.  but thankfully our God is not a judging God, but a loving and testing God. and i fully believe that God test us everyday. even in church. i know that he wants us to trust in him, and one way for him to build that trust in us, is through forcing us to face a rough patch in our life.  in the church, we may go in and sit and pretend that nothing is bothering us, and when an invitation is given and on the inside we are crying, not just crying, but snotty nose nasty face can't say a word crying. but on the outside we are as "perfect" as we can be.  God is calling us out of that. he wants us to be open when we are broken hearted. i believe it is so true, that by being a broken generation is the only way we can close the curtains on the stained glass masquerade we are a part of. so lets make a difference, lets change this play. lets close the curtains.