NOBODY’S PERFECT!

Psalm 119:96 AMP I have seen that all [human] perfection has its limits [no matter how grand and perfect and noble];

Psalm 119:96 CEV Nothing is completely perfect, except your teachings.

I wonder if you’re one of those people who strive for perfection and feel upset when you can’t make things as perfect as you’d like, or when other people do things in a less than perfect way and it drives you up the wall?😊

The difficulty is everyone’s standard can be different and only God is perfect! Our verse says our human perfection has its limits and when we recognise that, it can set us free. It’s something I’m still learning, and when we, or someone else, does something that falls short of our standard we have to show grace, because we, or they, have done it as best they can and that’s all we can ask.

Sometimes we set the bar so high for ourselves, we make a rod for our own backs, and we can cause ourselves stress because we were taught that perfection was the only way. I remember hanging wallpaper once in my bathroom and I’d worked so hard all day to get it perfect but when I stood back I realised one panel was upside down and the flowers were growing down, not up! I learned that day to go easy on myself and get things into perspective, so I left it and it became a talking point!😊

I know God wants us to ask the Holy Spirit to help us with all we do, and to do the best we can, but not to the detriment of our health or to make others feel inadequate. 

So maybe this word is for someone today, to lighten up on ourselves, or maybe on others, and be a bit more flexible, to realise only God is perfect. We none of us get it right all the time and we all have our limits, so let’s just enjoy life when it’s perfect, and especially when it’s not.😊 

Can anybody say ‘Amen’?