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Reply To: Perfection now

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March 23, 2016 at 12:36 pm #863

MaryBeth

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Yes, it is true – sometimes we can see someone (or perhaps be so ourselves!) trying to be humanly perfect. Every tiny speck of dust constantly must be dusted away, every subject in school must be an A plus, plus, plus, every hair on one’s head must be perfectly in place etc. This is all human striving without any God in it (only pride and ego) which is why it is exhausting and ends in failure and frustration. I’ve tried it! In Science we learn even as God is the only Good, so also God is the only Perfect One. We only come close to perfection as we rid ourselves of self and let God shine through us. Look how a beautiful flower unfolds in total perfection! No muss and fuss with exhausting effort there! And so it should be with the sons and daughters of God – shine forth, be what God made you to be! for in “beauty, grandeur, order, His handiwork is shown.” (Hymn #329)