Just something to consider:
Moments of imperfection remind
us who we are:
We are sinners - imperfect
because of nature, our choices
We are a hot mess and have
little self-control or patience or love or joy or hope or faith or any other
qualities that God constantly possess that we often lack.
We chose this - we make choices
because that's the kind of God He is... he didn't want mindless robots, he
wanted relationships with us... and relationships are messy. Every time we sin,
we fall, we betray the trust of others around us and we smack Christ in the
face because each failure of ours was a lashing, a hit of the hammer on the
nail.
BUT our God is the strongest,
the most courageous, the most selfless, and the most compassionate God there
is. He loves us so much - even through our pain, our faults, our flaws, our
mistakes, our short tempers, our dirty mouths, and our habits - HE LOVES US
THROUGH IT ALL. And he makes us new every morning - he makes us better- he
makes us beautiful.
Think of a door - but not just
any door. Think of a door that has chipped paint, imperfections, rough edges.
We are that door. We have scars and pasts that mark us up. When we focus on the
rough spots, we lose sight of the fact that those marks don't define us. We are
all flawed but our purpose is still clear - we are a door. Splinters or
chipping paint don’t make a door any less of a door. Don't focus on those
things that make us human because we forget so easily that our true purpose is
to act as a door between the world and our God - we introduce others to him
through our scars because people who don't have hope long for those who have
struggled with the same things they have. People who are hopeless are looking
for love - they want something that is familiar. They look for people who won't
make fun of their scars because those imperfect but loving people know what
it's like to have chips and splinters.
We bend, but we never have to
break because he is strong enough to take our burdens. We will still have
struggles, we'll have moments when we lose our tempers or when we turn from him
because we're angry at our life circumstances. But he will always be there and
when we focus on him we will realize that through our mistakes we learn, we
grow, we inspire others to do the same. Through our failings, we can be brought
closer and we can draw others near too IF and ONLY IF we can respond properly
to our flaws. We all know our failings but we must proactively look for
preventative ways to overcome them and live with them as things that don’t
hinder us but instead make us stronger. We must follow the will of God and read
his word and he will tell us how to respond to these situations. We won't
always respond perfectly, but we will continue to learn every day until we are
taken up and glorified with the one who makes everything good. Accept your
flaws. Learn to watch for the warning signs that you're going down a path of
bad thoughts or dangerous actions. Ask God for the wisdom, understanding,
patience, and strength to resist Satan. That is how you learn to live with the
mess we call our lives - our failings, our mistakes - our HUMANITY. And then
you can discover true joy as you accept you for the person God made you to be
and grow closer to your good, good father.
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