things are not always what they appear

Boy don't I know this one!!

Proverbs 23:1-8
 ^1-3 When you go out to dinner with an influential person, mind your manners:
Don't gobble your food,
   don't talk with your mouth full.
And don't stuff yourself;
   bridle your appetite.
 ^4-5 Don't wear yourself out trying to get rich;
   restrain yourself!
Riches disappear in the blink of an eye;
   wealth sprouts wings
   and flies off into the wild blue yonder.
⁸ Don't accept a meal from a tightwad;
   don't expect anything special.
He'll be as stingy with you as he is with himself;
   he'll say, "Eat! Drink!" but won't mean a word of it.
His miserly serving will turn your stomach
   when you realize the meal's a sham.

Don't you  know people who are not what they seem or know people who put on airs?  Try to be something they are not?  Everyone can usually see it....it stands out like a neon sign.  Screaming "I am not what I think I am!!"
I know some people... there is nothing fluffy about them...they are not caring or kind...it is just not in their nature and when they try to be...it is uncomfortable for all involved. 

It is the old Popeye saying "I yam what I yam".   If you are a Christian you will act like one...you won't have to force yourself to act like one...it will come naturally to you...this is another thing we know so well...those Christians that don't act a thing like one!  Those are the ones that turn others off to Christ.  Like someone that professes to be Christian and commits adultery and steals someones husband and justifies it all and sometimes with scripture....yea...real Christ like! (Sorry, but that is my barb for the last month or so!! It fit so perfectly and I haven't said much about them in a long time! Life has moved on but sometimes!)

Sometimes you have to scratch that surface to see what is inside.  What lies underneath is not always the face that is shown to the outside world is it? Life is amazing...and we learn to trust that gut feeling that tells us...things aren't always what they seem.