Type: Inspiration
Chasing Perfect
The world insists we can be perfect. It is natural to buy a certain product or find the perfect soulmate or find one’s dream home or job, preferably both. These are achievable goals we should have. The goal in life is to be perfect.
What society at least implies and what we see are different. When we fail to reach the achievement level we are expected to complete we often feel run-down, tired, and hopeless. We labor under the label of “failure”.
The label is of our own making. We are not permanent failures, although we are not perfect. We are in the process of being made whatever we are on a daily basis. There is no “goal” of our achievement, otherwise there would be no living with ourselves; if one seeks achievement as the meaning of life, one will be sorely disappointed and one will miss out on the little moments called life.
We can choose another label, one not chosen for us and one we do not have to strive toward. It is a label called, “forgiven”. Now while the world seeks to point out all the times we mess up and all of our errors, there is a kingdom which celebrates the joy and beauty of perfect love, one which does not depend our being perfect, but which loves us perfectly.
One loved us so much, imperfections and all, that he laid down his life for us with the hope that we would come to know his love for us. This Easter, look to find the love God has for his Creation and all of his creations.
This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life
- John 3:16 (The Message)
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