With how busy our household has been this year, this is how I often find them.
My missing shoes had been put in a wrong room.
My missing shoes had been put in a wrong room.
Mom is missing her black vans. Please check your car and your room.
Return. Thank you. I love you, Mom
Excuse the crooked picture. I got ready to retake it, but decided it was perfect to share this point:
Decades ago, I stopped making perfection a goal. Perfection is never satisfied. It's unobtainable. It wears us out. It frustrates us. It makes us feel like failures. It makes us judge ourselves so harshly. Seeking perfection leads to dEsPeRaTiOn because we realize we will never get there. There's always something else that could have helped us reach higher. Perfection competes with others and is often discouraging to them. Perfection promotes self and is wrapped in pride. When we expect perfection from ourselves, it trickles over to our expectations of those around us. Perfection is a very heavy burden.
Better is obtainable. There's opportunity to rejoice in even the smallest bit of progress. There's a freedom and rest in trying to be better that you can't find in perfection. Better lets us start over when we slide too far backwards from the goal. Better gives us hope and can point others to Jesus. Better encourages us and others to keep trying. When we expect better instead of perfection, we don't set unrealistic goals for ourselves or those in our lives. There's room for us to show ourselves and others gentle, beautiful, refreshing grace.
What if...
the things you sTrUgGlE so hard with
are perfectly designed,
for the unique you God created,
in a way that keeps you humbly seeking
His face?
Wouldn't that be just perfect?
“We find hope in the ancestry of Jesus that no matter what we’ve done or where we come from, we too can be included in Jesus’ family. Jesus does not look for people who are perfect and have never failed or made mistakes to be in his family. Instead, he is drawn toward people who recognize their failures and see their need for him.”
Let Every Heart Prepare Him Room
Thank you, Father, for making me imperfect so I see my need for you!
“We find hope in the ancestry of Jesus that no matter what we’ve done or where we come from, we too can be included in Jesus’ family. Jesus does not look for people who are perfect and have never failed or made mistakes to be in his family. Instead, he is drawn toward people who recognize their failures and see their need for him.”
Let Every Heart Prepare Him Room
Thank you, Father, for making me imperfect so I see my need for you!
