January 10, 2023

The feeling of being an imposter is as common as the common cold. When Jodie Foster won an Oscar, she said, “I thought it was a fluke. I thought everyone would find out and they’d take it back. They’d come to my house, knocking on my door, ‘Excuse me, we meant to give that to someone else. That was going to Meryl Streep.’”  But here’s what Meryl Streep had to say. “You think, ‘Why would anyone want to see me again in a movie? And, I don’t know how to act anyway, so why am I doing this?’”

You make feel like a fake in any number of realms, but it just doesn’t matter. Why? Because your life is hidden in Christ. “For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.” (Colossians 3:3)

“Almighty and everlasting God, you govern all things both in heaven and on earth: Mercifully hear the supplications of your people, and in our time grant us your peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.” (Fourth Sunday After the Epiphany – BCP)