So, I was having lunch and looking at pictures of celebrities without make-up...that was enlightening and in the middle of all the real people, Barbie was thrown in....too funny! It just reminded me that no one is perfect.
"You have to be perfect!" I think that is one of the biggest lies that Satan speaks to women and that lie can totally hold us captive as we start longing for "perfection" in our lives....whether it is the perfect body, or the perfect house, or the perfectly loving relationship with our spouse, or kids that act perfect and impress our perfect friends...we can be SOOOOO tempted to create unrealistic expectations for ourselves and the others in our lives....then, we can get so fixated on those unattainable expectations that we cannot really live.
I've been there.....actually, I go there most days. I went there today because I had an expectation of having a perfect day all to myself to do whatever I wanted because Brad was taking the girls to a Tigers Game....then, I ended up working longer than I expected in the morning, the errands that I thought would only take a little time...took forever....then, everyone was at Meijer and the lines were long....I ruined two pies I was making for a dinner tomorrow and had to make a second trip to Meijer for two more pie crusts...I never got the nap I was dreaming of (that's kind-of funny...dreaming of a nap :) let alone had the time to go for a manicure which I thought might be a nice treat for myself....are you feeling sorry for me yet...or playing the world's tiniest violin? I was talking to God about it when I went to Meijer the second time and I said, "Can't anything go right today?"....what I really meant was..."can't anything go my way today...or as I am expecting it to go?"...then, ironically, there was a parking space available in the pole position of section D....
"Coincidence is just God's way of staying anonymous"...I heard that somewhere once....:) Actually, that was an Albert Einstein quote....a carry over from one of my previous blogs.
We put lots of expectations on ourselves and on our time....and we rarely are able to meet all the things we want to accomplish....I had a huge pity party today....then, upon my second venture to Meijer I ran into someone that I know who is going through a really hard time right now....and I was able to wish her a Happy Mother's Day. I feel humbled that even with my stinky attitude from the rest of my day not going as I had expected...my feeling sorry for myself....God still ended this day with a divine appointment for me. That not-so "chance" encounter put my day into perspective a little better for me. Our longings are not all bad in themselves...we can long for a ton of good things...but, if the things we are longing for or our frustrations about unmet expectations or desires are preventing us from really living...(and, by that I mean, being ready for the living God has for us each day)....then we are not hungering after the right desires. The second time was the charm for the Strawberry Pies and in that pursuit I found a higher purpose for my day :)
Ahhh....perfection!
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