Ever feel like no matter what you do...it just never seems good enough?
Or maybe you feel like instead of moving closer to your idea of perfection...you find yourself moving farther and farther away from it?
I used to feel exactly like this and some days I still struggle with it. I am far from perfect...but now (more often than not) I am ok with it!
And to finally accept that was incredibly hard! Especially since I have been a perfectionist all my life...and still consider myself one.
Or maybe you feel like instead of moving closer to your idea of perfection...you find yourself moving farther and farther away from it?
I used to feel exactly like this and some days I still struggle with it. I am far from perfect...but now (more often than not) I am ok with it!
And to finally accept that was incredibly hard! Especially since I have been a perfectionist all my life...and still consider myself one.
When you stop viewing your relationship with God merely as rules you have to follow or laws you must obey...that's when the magic happens.
That's when you begin to realize that after all this time...your idea of what life is supposed to be like completely changes. I always used to view Christianity as a level I would never reach. As if it was I was at the very bottom and Christianity was all the way at the top. I've made a lot of mistakes and have lived a less than perfect life.
But the moment I finally accepted my faults, flaws, mistakes, and realized no matter how much I wished I could go back in time and undo them...I saw God's grace and true love in a relationship that He had been wanting to have with me all along. It was as if He sat there and waited patiently for me to look up from all the chaos I had been experiencing and realize I was never truly alone in all of this.
He loved me no matter what.... especially in the times that I couldn't even love myself. Perfection isn't what He wants. Real, flawed, genuine, and the ability to accept that...that is what He wants. He wants us just as we are...with all of our imperfections, talents, strengths, gifts, and unique abilities that we all have.
God's grace and love for us is the most powerful love we will ever experience. The most gracious one of all. To know that He will and does love us no matter what we do...is earth shaking in my opinion.
I challenge you to not only accept your flaws but face them and to move from rules to forming a closer relationship with God. <3
But the moment I finally accepted my faults, flaws, mistakes, and realized no matter how much I wished I could go back in time and undo them...I saw God's grace and true love in a relationship that He had been wanting to have with me all along. It was as if He sat there and waited patiently for me to look up from all the chaos I had been experiencing and realize I was never truly alone in all of this.
He loved me no matter what.... especially in the times that I couldn't even love myself. Perfection isn't what He wants. Real, flawed, genuine, and the ability to accept that...that is what He wants. He wants us just as we are...with all of our imperfections, talents, strengths, gifts, and unique abilities that we all have.
God's grace and love for us is the most powerful love we will ever experience. The most gracious one of all. To know that He will and does love us no matter what we do...is earth shaking in my opinion.
I challenge you to not only accept your flaws but face them and to move from rules to forming a closer relationship with God. <3
-Becky
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