I leave in a little over three months. That’s all that I ever hear in my head all the time…
And I should warn you I am PERFECT.
I never mess up!
I have yet to make a mistake!
I always read my bible!
The ten commandments? I follow those perfectly!!
Oh and I never lie!!
Wrong, Wrong, WRONG!!! This in it of itself is a HUGE lie. I am the furthest thing from perfect and honestly sometimes I question why God even called me on this journey… the truth is I am human and I fall in to temptation more than I would like to admit! Yet, what a great God I serve He takes those sins and He throws them away, He wraps me up in His arms, tells me He loves me and He forgives me!! But, honestly I struggle with the idea of undying love and forgiveness because the world has yet to show me this. What a terrible excuse right?!? Even in Romans 12:2 we are called to be IN this world NOT OF this world …
“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.”
SO what excuses do I have besides the one in which all I want to do is be perfect…
You see, I owe my friends the biggest apology because I have put the unnecessary pressure on them to be perfect all the time. I want to spend every waking second making memories with them, loving on them and growing with them. Yet for some reason my friends have risen above and beyond and I have realized how truly blessed I am… The effortless way they support me in everything is incredible the way they build me up when I am down is incomparable!
Yesterday morning as we were taking a hike (just one of the many things I need to prepare for my trip)… I was upset, I thought I couldn’t continue, I believed I could not take one more step and as I huff and puffed up the mountain they did not once chuckle at me for being weak or out of shape they did not once tell me I needed to hurry up, get over myself or that I needed to stop whining. Instead they stopped, they encouraged me, they had me set the pace and at the end we all celebrated.
AND maybe just maybe after all I see the unfailing love that God has called us all to have! Through my best friends, brothers and sisters in Christ I realize I am perfectly made in HIS image and that is reason enough to celebrate and to let go of my constant want to be perfect at everything!It’s funny how God sets all the right people in your life for all the right reason! Thank you for being my cheer team, my biggest fans and my greatest joy in life! You guys mean so much to me!! Also, I am sorry for being grumpy at you and for wanting you to be perfect I can’t expect that because
I AM NOT PERFECT!
Yet for some reason y’all seem perfect all the time!
OH and by the way I graduated this weekend!!
and I happen to love pictures so here are a few….
