One of the unhelpful things we can sometimes believe is that God’s holiness causes God to keep a distance from broken people. We may even unconsciously believe that God is only present to our lives when we have it all together. To shield ourselves from this lie, we develop self-coping strategies that numb, deflect, distract, and bypass what is true. But the good news is that God always meets us where we really are. God finds us in the mess of reality, and not the false realities and false selfs we create. The scandal of the incarnation is that God in Christ dwells with sinners. This means that we need to make the choice to name reality. God is powerfully at work when we name our messy reality and need of God. And just like Peter naming himself as “a sinful man”, we discover time and time again that confession leads to greater breakthrough. Jesus is not intimidated by Peter’s brokenness or ours. So what if we could trust Jesus with everything, and not just our manufactured false selves?