One of my best friends in the galaxy is a huge perfectionist. I used to be one too, until I grew out of it....in a way.
Actually...I didn't grow out of being a perfectionist, I just realized that there is no such thing as perfect. The thing that really got me to believe that was my church. They have a slogan, and it says "No Perfect People Allowed" (hence the name for this post). For a long time I strived to be as perfect as physically possible. I wanted to be perfect for my mom and dad, for my teachers, for my friends and everyone, except myself and God. I have to admit that when I was younger, I wasn't a strong Christian. I knew that Jesus loved me, and what Easter Sunday meant, but that personal relationship that I have now was not there. Now I know that I live for HIM and HIM alone, and that HE is perfect, so I don't have to be. :)
So this post goes out to all of those who are battling with perfection. Guess what? It only exists in ONE person, and it's not you. It's not me, it's not that girl at school who has perfect hair, perfect makeup, perfect body, it's not the guy at your co-op with the perfect smile, perfect laugh and perfect eyes....
It's Jesus. Jesus and Jesus alone is the ONLY perfect person to EVER walk the planet. No one but Him will be perfect, so STOP TRYING.
Now, I must clarify. I said stop trying....but I mean only to stop trying PERFECT. Because everyone needs to try their absolute BEST at EVERYTHING they do. We are to Glorify the Lord through our work, and he deserves nothing but the best!!! Again, though he wants the best, he wants OUR best, not a generic PERFECT or socially-suggested CORRECT. God wants our hearts, which are perfect in his eyes. <3
So to my perfectionist friends, stop focusing on being or writing or making the perfect thing. Jesus doesn't care if you look perfect, or write perfect stories, or do perfect drawings. He just wants you to use the gifts He gave you to your full potential. As long as you do that, you are perfect in his eyes.
Do what you love, and love what you do, and just be yourself. You don't have anything to prove, except to Jesus Christ, who already knows it all anyway. ;)
Go out and do your best in EVERYTHING my friends!!! And remember, no perfect people are allowed. ;)
