My Imperfections Brought Me Closer to Jesus

I start every morning with coffee and God through daily devotions from Our Daily Bread Ministries, www.odb.org. Today’s devotion is titled “Perfect Imperfection” The scripture is from Ephesians 3:8–19 with key verse being “I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being” Ephesians 3:16. Alyson Kieda wrote this devotion. My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ, all that I write, I pray first to God to guide my words. He is the sole source of my writing. All the credit goes to God, not to me. I am only his humble servant. How many of you are a perfectionist? In some things, I was a perfectionist. To name a couple, I was a perfectionist in my professional life and my early Christian life. When I looked back, I limited my growing potential because I would not learn from constructive criticism. It was only through Christ's love and acceptance I discovered it was OK to be imperfect and brought me to a closer and more intimate relationship with Him.

Lord, so often I exchange the joy and freedom of life with You for the burden of relying on myself and my perfection. Help me humbly depend on You instead all the time.

May God bless you and have a great day.