Weakness and Strength

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There is a lie I swallow whole and it is killing me.

The lie that everyone is better at this life than I am…

…that they all know what they are doing.

…that they are better at this mothering thing than I am.

…that they have best friends who “do life together” and they communicate every day and have dinner together and their kids love being together.

…that they have the best marriages and cook healthy meals every night.

And I somehow don’t measure up in any sense of the word.

The truth is everyone is figuring out this life one day at a time.

No one has a special key to the world where they miss out on heartache, imperfections, or even cranky kids.

And very few people have friends whose kids are a perfect match with their kids and who live next door and “do life together” in such harmony.

We all have rough edges and we all long for community and no one does life perfectly.

But the truth is that I want to be perfect.

I want it because I believe the lie that if I am perfect, then all things will go perfectly.

I want perfectionism because I am proud.

And sometimes I want it because I really want to bring God glory with my life.

“But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.” 2 Corinthians 12:9

And the crazy truth is that in my messy imperfect crazy life God does get the glory. God weaves together my pathetic attempts with the power of His Spirit and slowly, painfully something beautiful comes out. It is beauty from ashes and glorious gratitude while vacuuming the floors again. God’s glory is best seen in our weakness and so in our desperate cries of, “Help Me Jesus,” God is glorified.

No moms, I am not perfect. You are not perfect. Our children are not perfect.

But our God…He is.

And He can receive glory in the midst of our messes if only we let Him.

Do you struggle with perfectionism? Do you know how to let God be the perfect one?

 

 

Stephanie Shott
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