As I sit at home or go to work or just live life, all I want is perfection. I want to do my best at everything. However, as I sit at home, unable to be productive or at work receiving emails to fix this or to change that. I am reminded that perfection is impossible. Not just at home or work but in life.
Merriam-Webster defines perfection as the quality or state of being perfect. Such as, the freedom from fault or defect; flawless. An exemplification of supreme excellence or an unsurpassable degree of accuracy or excellence.
Now I don’t know about you, but that definition of perfection just sounds ____________. (Fill in the blank with your thoughts!!) I want to continue to try and do my best, but I know that I can never achieve perfection. I grumble and complain daily, I gossip, I get jealous, and so on and so on. Do I necessarily mean to do those things? NO, it is just in my nature to do those things. Ecclesiastes 7:20 says,
“Indeed, there is no one on earth who is righteous, no one who does what is right and never sins.”
Knowing what the Bible says and what I want somewhat contradicts itself. I can’t be perfect. I am reminded of the lyrics of Francesca Battistelli’s song Free to be Me that stated, “But perfection is my enemy”. All I know is that I can try my best and rely on God for the rest. Romans 5:8 says,
“But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
God loves me in a way that I will never be able to comprehend, but I know that through my many failures He will still love me unconditionally.
