Accepting Imperfection

So, I have struggled with the idea that I need to be “good enough”, for most of my life. I have tried to meet impossible standards, to fix every one of my flaws, just to prove my worth. And when I fall short…and I always do… it leaves me feeling like I am not enough or I’m a failure. Like I need to try harder, do better, be more.

The more I walk with God, the more I realize that He never called me to be perfect… He called me to be His.

Romans 3:23-24 says, "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus."

Everyone falls short. Not just me. Not just the people I struggle to forgive, that did me wrong. All of us. And yet, God’s grace is bigger than our failures. He does not love me because I am perfect… He loves me because I am His.

So today, I choose to stop striving for perfection. I choose to let go of shame, of unrealistic expectations, of the idea that I have to earn what God has already given me freely. I choose to accept myself as I am, knowing that God is still working in me.

Because at the end of the day, it is not about being perfect. It is about being willing. Willing to grow, to trust, and to believe that even in my imperfection, I am loved. I am enough. And I am His. Amen…  Hallelujah