Authentic Living!

There are two types of devil's disguises. One is voluntary and is used by individuals to make themselves better than what they really are, which is what my earthly father did. The other kind is involuntary and is used to portray others to be worse than what they really are, which is the type that I experienced in my own life. I was portrayed to be an unsafe person, since my earthly father's secret life was dangerous.

You see I was not a PK (preacher's kid) or an MK (missionary's kid), titles that a kid could be proud of, but I was at the bottom of the social hierarchy for the first time in my life, as a middle-aged wife and mom - a CK (criminal's kid). A hard label to live a contented life with. This is a devil's disguise because of the popular saying The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. How could I get past common sense and public opinion?

God's Word gives His children truth tools to combat common sense, thereby allowing for me to turn this bullseye on my back to be a reflector to point towards heaven, where my Heavenly Father resides. You see, the Bible shows us there is such a thing as good CK's and bad CK's. I wanted to be a good CK like Jonathan (his story is found chapters 13-20, 23, and 3 of I Samuel, and the 1st chapter of II Samuel). He was one of the sons of King Saul, the first king of Israel, and although I could not relate to certain aspects of his life, I found these to be very relatable... 

Like me,

-He was so shocked to see the change in his dad. (His earthly father drastically changed from being Israel's Godly king to a serial killer. My earthly father drastically changed from being a Christian, conservative politician to a serial thief.)

-He was now under the heaviness of the dirty, physical label - CK (criminal's kid).

-He had to move past the impossible situation of shame and embarassment of his earthly father's destructive acts towards others.

-He would have to do the hard thing of choosing sides - Heavenly Father or earthly father.

Yes, my physical label was now the biological daughter of the criminal Ron Wilson, a liar, a deceiver, and a serial thief. The person I looked up to when I was younger, but who is now so unrecognizable to me. His secret life was that of being a con artist who orchestrated the largest Ponzi scheme in South Carolina history. This 7-year-long (2012-2019) public, shame-based trauma of living under the devil's disguise was a very hopeless situation, until I started tapping into my spiritual relationship with Jesus that I began as a third grade little girl. When we choose to follow Jesus, He wants us to exchange the spirit of heaviness (devil's disguise) for our personal, tailor-made Garment of Praise, which is described in Isaiah 61:3.   When we learn how to make that powerful exchange this is how we learn to live a contented life. This garment is a spiritual garment, a different way of thinking. It is unconventional, unique, and more powerful than any of the devil's disguises. 

So how was Jonathan a good CK? Because he was the only son who saw his father for who he really was. He helped his best friend/brother-in-law, David (who King Saul placed on Israel's Most Wanted List) stay alive. David had been mislabeled by King Saul as a very dangerous person (devil's disguise), so he became a fugitive in hiding. Jonathan was a big contributing factor for God's plan to be fulfilled with David being the next king of Israel, who proved to be a phenomenal leader of his community.     

Friend, there is hope with removing the devil's disguise in your life. When you learn how to do that from the Bible, watch out! Because you have a truth tool that is so powerful and will be a trailblazer of a testimony! Praise God for sending His only begotten son, Jesus Christ to pay our sin debt and to not only give us a wonderful, unending life in heaven with Him one day, but now in experiencing His truth tools in removing the impossible devil's disguises!