perfect is a lie.

Well, for us it is. Only Jesus is perfect. So why, do we try so hard to be perfect?

We are fearfully and wonderfully made by a perfect God. He doesn't make junk.

In the 6th grade I was 130 pounds. A normal- slightly above average- weight for a young girl in those awkward, puberty-ridden years. But no one was pleased with that. Everyone had something to say about it and those things were horrible. I don't even want to post on here the names they called me.


Since then I have lost weight. I am now at a healthy weight for my age. No one seems to like that either. On Friday, someone asked me if I'm anorexic. I recently heard a rumor about myself that I throw up my lunch everyday. "You're SO skinny!" "Look at your legs!".


YOU WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO PLEASE EVERYONE.


It's just not possible. Everyone will always have something negative to say. The only One we need to try to please is God. And He is pleased in us.

Your beauty is too much for me—I'm in over my head.

I'm not used to this! I can't take it in.

Song of Solomon 6:5

Here are some thoughts to chew on and pray over:


PERFECT IS A LIE,
except for Jesus.
YOU WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO PLEASE EVERYONE,
except for God.


And my favorite:


PERFECTION IS A MOVING TARGET.
It always will become further away. You will never reach it. At least not here on earth. There will always be a prettier, skinnier, more fit, more outgoing, more attention-getting girl out there. But you don't know her problems. Maybe her family is falling apart. Maybe her boyfriend abuses her. Maybe she's pregnant. Maybe she doesn't know Jesus. She isn't perfect. No one is.




But Jesus is. In Him we are made whole. We are made beautiful in Him. One of my favorite songs is Beautiful by Bethany Dillion. Some of the lyrics are:

You make me beautiful.

You make me stand in awe.

You look inside my heart and I am amazed.

I love to hear You say who I am is quite enough.

You make me worthy of love and beautiful.

Love and Joy,
Emma