Guess what, toss all of that garbage to the wind! It's best to really NOT be perfect!! #1 YOU'LL NEVER BE PERFECT. You can try...I did...for a really long time I tried...the perfect body...a size 2 figure...never messing up...I tried...sure did...but, I failed. Miserably. Perfectionism will ruin a person...this idea that we cannot mess up...it's a false ideal set there. And, I'm here to tell you...if we are living a very REAL life...a very God serving life...a life that's outside the box...if we are going and telling people the good news...WE ARE GOING TO FALL...we are going to say the wrong words sometimes...we are going to mess up. But, I think there's beauty in all of that. We learn so much about ourselves when we fall...and perhaps what's most beautiful...there is always a mighty God as our safety net. ALWAYS.
When my Mom passed I said to someone "I don't know how to do all of this perfectly." He told me I didn't have to be perfect all of the time. I couldn't wrap my head around that...but I can now. Some stuff in life is messy...grief is messy...life can get messy...and it's ok to wade through it just the best that we know how and not be amazing or perfect at it.
I'm not suggesting we toss our hands up and say..."oh, well, I'm just not perfect...why try..." rather I'm suggesting we TRY MORE!!! Try something new...do something different...EVEN IF YOU AREN'T PERFECT AT IT. A prime example in my world...sewing...anyone who has known me for any time at all knows I get things done now...I don't wait around...I don't sit still for long...I'm active...and to think of ME sewing would probably give them a generous laugh! It does me too, honestly! But, I'm learning about myself in the process...I'm learning a new skill and hobby...I'm living outside the box...and I'm not perfect at sewing, in fact I've done more thread pulling than sewing at this point...but, I'm loving every minute of it. I'm eager about it, I'm excited, and I'm not perfect at it!
Lastly, let's encourage others...let's give others the confidence to go forward...let's give others the confidence and the courage to do something outside the box....maybe for some that's reading a Bible....there are some in this world that have never heard the good news...there are some that don't know HOW to read The Word...maybe it's our little acts of not being perfect that might lead someone else to a BIG act of acceptance. Maybe in all of YOUR imperfection...your truly living...going...and not doing it perfectly someone else around you might find the courage to pick up that book that might be unknown to them?
Go be IMperfect today!