“Never gonna be perfect”

My grace is sufficient for you. My strength is made perfect in your weakness. 2 Corinthians 12:9

Verse Reflections:  Well I guess His strength is dead on perfect in my life.  Because I have lots of weaknesses.  This verse makes me close my eyes and breathe deeply.  My body relaxes and I feel an energy that comes from deep within in celebration of the knowledge that life is not on my shoulders.  God’s got this!  How exciting, how encouraging to know that the more I give control to God, the stronger He is and the closer I am to achieving all He has planned for my life.  I love the fact that I do not have to always be strong.  Ironically, this actually makes me stronger or perhaps I am feeling the strength of the partnership with God.  A power that I would not have without that union that goes beyond this earth.  So, today my weakness disappears and God takes over.  We are going to dream about, plan for and fill my body with amazing healthy foods.  God’s strength is perfect and this journey is “no hill for a climber”.

I was about to close my reflections and it hit me that my desire for perfection in my life is one of the reasons I am so hard on myself, so analytical and critical about what I eat, so critical and judgmental about my weight and looks.  So how beautiful to think about God’s strength being the very definition of perfection.  So, I can relax and let go of my quest for perfection because I will never achieve it.  I know that, and yet, I keep stressing myself out by trying to be perfect or at least hiding my weaknesses so I look perfect.  Got it—this verse tells me it ain’t happening – so I might as well give it up and give it over to God the only perfect one.

Prayer:  Father, take over my weakness today.  All of my weaknesses.  And yet my most current path requires a specific prayer for my weakness for foods.  Will You take over and become strong in the shadow of my weakness.  Will You shine a light into the darkness that haunts me and make the path bright, encouraging and enticing? I have so much hope knowing the weaker I am, the stronger You are.  We are going to rely on Your perfect strength in this journey.   I love You more than life, I love You more than food (boy that is a big one lol).  Bless our journey today.  You got this!!  And so, I’ve got this with You.