Perfection. Grab a cup of hot coffee and let's talk. I don't know about you but it has been a hard road to get to this place for me. I never thought that I was a perfectionist. From all outward appearances, it sure didn't look like it. I always took great joy in saying, "It doesn't bother me." Now that I'm trying to be honest with myself. That's just not the truth! I plan things in my mind and when they don't go like planned, it is hard to live with me. That's perfectionism! And it's baloney! You can never enjoy God's fullness if you never think you or anybody else can measure up.
Perfectionism...Type A personality...Obsessive-Compulsive...whatever name you put on it, is all about control. We try to look and act like we have everything under complete control. We do too... "total controlled chaos." Life is always going to have it's ups and downs and what's the joy of having everything go as planned anyway? it's a lot more exciting if it doesn't...
Father God, help me today and tomorrow live in the moment that you give me, enjoying it fully. I don't have to be in control. Help me to love myself, my husband, my family, friends and strangers that I come in contact with. Help me to laugh at myself often and stop taking myself so "dog-gone" serious.
Help me remember that I don't have to work so hard (mentally or physically) because...
When you do it, It is good! You said so and I believe you!
Sammie Jean
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