If someone would of told me a year ago that I was a perfectionist, I would have laughed and said not hardly! I mean my house is not organized and neat, my weight is not perfect, and my accomplishments are not great. I am not a perfectionist!
However, I expected an impossible standard of myself and talked down to myself when I couldn’t do all that I thought I should do.
I had HIGH standards for myself and while I had grace to extend to others, I was very hard on myself when I missed the mark.
Can you relate?
Do you expect yourself to do what is humanly impossible? Are you upset when you don’t obtain your lofty goals?

I have good news! God never intended us to be perfect but to be complete…..in Him.
In Matthew 5:48 the Bible says: Be perfect as your Heavenly Father is perfect.
That scripture always scared and concerned me that I was not trying hard enough or excelling enough. However, the greek meaning of that verse tells us that “Perfect” is referring to being mature and complete. It doesn’t mean I have to be perfect and never make a mistake. It means that I must be complete by receiving Jesus as my only salvation and standing firm in His way by faith, even when things are tough.
James 1:2-4 tells us how to become mature in Christ:
2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
Philippians 1:6 also tells us that God will finish the work He started in us and that is great news!
We don’t have to be perfect. We have a perfect God!
As God gives us His grace, I want to extend that grace to others …..even to myself.💛