I'm pretty sure I've read it before.
" A point worth pondering: Upon completing
the Universe, the Great Creator pronounced it "very good."
Not "perfect."
- Sarah Ban Breathnach
It's been said that when the student is ready the teacher appears...apparently I'm ready to learn this, because when I read it this time it seemed to scream out at me from the page.
I've struggled with perfectionism for many, many years. It's stunted me in ways I never would have believed it could. How I dress. How I decorate. How I learn. How I teach. How I communicate. How I live.
Nobody is perfect. I'm never going to be perfect. Not the perfect Mom, or wife, or friend, or co-worker {surprise, surprise}...and it's taken me damn near 40 years to really start to get it.
Notice I said start. I still cringe when Ty picks his nose in public because of how I feel it reflects on my parenting {even though lots of 5 year olds pick their noses}. I still won't trust my ability to put together an outfit...I keep things very boring safe. There are times when I feel so socially paralyzed that I come off as completely not worth getting to know. I let other people make me feel inferior. And yet I know that nobody is perfect. Nobody.
God created this amazing, beautiful universe...complex, astounding, incredible...and proclaimed it "very good."
Not perfect.
And I'm starting to get it. I can be "very good" instead of perfect. God said so...
"And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good."
"And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good."
- Genesis 1:31
3 comments:
Amen!
So true. As a fellow perfectionist, I find it near impossible to admit that I can't do it all the right way. So good for you! Love the July 28 post too, gave me the giggles!
Lovely post. Sometimes "good enough" is perfectly good enough. you are a child of God and He loves you(imperfections and all), when the world is overwhelming and my sense of control is out of control, I tell myself this and carry on. Love you xoxox
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