What You See...

(Pro 13:7 KJV)  There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.

I have a knee jerk reaction to this verse.  It says that the pretend rich guy is a phoney but the pretend poor guy is just humble.  I am not sure that is the message.  There is no praise or condemnation offered, so we supply our own.  I don’t see God throwing thunder bolts over this but I do imagine Him shaking His head at the foolishness of His creation.  

We have a hard time being ourselves.  There are some things I have accepted about myself.  I have big feet.  It is hard to hide.  There are other things that I keep hidden in the deep recesses of myself.  I know.  God knows.  No one else needs to know.  It is possible that if they did know they would ignore them as no big deal.

So?  There are sins we need to confess and repent of.  There are other things that we need to just get over.  It should be clear which is which.