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Today’s lesson is on the question for perfection or being perfect. Let’s face it, we want to be right. We don’t like making mistakes. I make mistakes so many times, and sometimes my language slips out before I know it. I know I have passed this want to be perfect and achieve more to my children. A few weeks ago, my youngest dropped her puzzle on the ground. She came downstairs and said “Daddy, help me pick up the GDam puzzle”. I asked her what she said and she repeated it. I was shocked she said it but tried not to laugh as she used it correctly and probably from hearing me.  We talked about what words are right and not and that Daddy says the wrong words too. Both of my children, grunt when something doesn’t go right or something doesn’t line up according to plan. This is me in a nutshell. It helps me to think better about what I say and do, while at the same time striving to be the best that I can. I want to be perfect but now I won’t.

As many of you know, I have been creating our learning management system courses for our new school. I have been spending so much time on it. Trying to tweak it. Trying to make it even better for our student.s I want it to be perfect. I have to tell my self that at some point or another, good enough has to be good enough. I will never get to perfection.

But there is one person who is.

“Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” – Philippians 3:12-14

“God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.” – Genesis 1:31

“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth” – 1 Peter 2:22

And yes, Jesus has no sin. Jesus is perfect. God’s creation is perfect. We are far from it. But as we see in Philippians, we are to keep striving towards the perfection, to be more Christ-Like. That doesn’t mean we will have a perfect anything, as we are not God. We will make mistakes. Things will break. We will do stupid things. The key is to know where to spend your efforts towards that perfection. I will never be a great dancer. I could spend all my energy on it, but I never will be on So You Think You Can Dance. While that would be fun, it’s not where my gifts are. I can strive to be better at what words slip out of my mouth. 🙂 We need to use our gifts and strive for the perfection in Christ. It’s the journey that is important, not the destination of being perfect.

Are you willing to accept you aren’t perfect? Are you willing to accept that God doesn’t want you to be perfect, but strive towards it?

I am willing (with the help of God)