You're going to blow it, and that's okay
Are you too hard on yourself? I know I am. I can demand more from myself than God does! God never, no never, demands perfection from us. How could He when He knows that we could never reach it? That verse, "Be ye perfect as I am perfect" has been so grossly mistranslated and misinterpreted that it has led many into a tizzy or worse! Perhaps it might have even caused some to give up on their faith altogether. After all, why bother with an unattainable goal? However! The Greek translation of perfect in this verse is mature. Be mature. In other words, grow up! That is something we can work on, pursue, and do by God's grace. But during this maturing process, we will fail. A lot. Maybe even more than we succeed. And you know what? That's okay. Really. Old habits surface bringing out the worst in us. Our flesh takes over instead of us allowing the Spirit to control us. We just can't seem to get it together at times. And that's okay. Maybe no one ever gav