Hello, My Name Is ______,
Perfection.
Making life perfect for everyone.
Making it all fit together.
Holding onto perfect because anything less is scary.
And because of all that, I am exhausted.
Rather than being open-handed and open-hearted, I am tight-fisted and hard-hearted.
I cannot let God take things out of my hands in order to replace them with what He has for me,
because He won’t pry my fingers open.
He will wait until I’m ready to be open-handed and open-hearted.
Because God is loving like that. He will wait for us, never force us.
When you hold things too tightly, though, sometimes they shatter.
And then sometimes life seems broken.
And we aren’t sure what we should do, where we should go.
And God waits, lovingly.
And so I am open-handed, and open-hearted, offering my shattered perfection.
Imperfection.
A loving God takes my shattered perfection, transforms it for His good.
And so,
Hello, My Name Is -
Made Whole.
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Rebekah Reply:
June 9th, 2013 at 3:15 pm
Thank you so much, Deanna!
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Rebekah, Thank you for being so open and honest. “Holding onto perfect because anything less is scary.” Wow, those words are so true and hit so close to home for me. I’m so glad you linked up. I know others will find encouragement in your words too.
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Rebekah Reply:
June 9th, 2013 at 3:14 pm
Thanks for sharing about the link-up; I was so blessed reading through some of those posts - God is wonderful!
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Rebekah - I can so relate to this post because often my name is perfection, too.
Part of what God is teaching me lately is how big His grace is. I love Philippians 1:6 “Being confident of this, that He who began a good work in your is faithful to carry it on to completion in the day of Christ Jesus.” Many times I have to remind myself that it is His work to carry out in me - I cannot do the work on my own! Thanks for sharing.
Jen
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Rebekah Reply:
June 9th, 2013 at 4:52 pm
Thank you, Jen - what a beautiful verse to share! You’re right - we can’t do this on our own!! A great reminder, thank you!
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Thank you for such insight. I love the post, love it.:)
I am going over to check out the My Name is hop; it sounds intriguing!
Have a wonderful day and thanks for linking to my Memoir Monday hop! Love to see you there!
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Rebekah Reply:
June 11th, 2013 at 7:50 am
I always love to hear from you - what a great way to start my week! Thanks, Chris!
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Such a beautiful progression of thoughts! I try to live with hands wide open, not wanting to miss anything that the Lord would have for me. But sometimes it is so hard and the safety of a cocoon feels so right. It takes being brave to come out. But you are so right He waits, lovingly. Thank you for visiting Inking the Heart. It is a privilege to be here reading your words. Blessings to you! Love, Rachael
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Rebekah Reply:
June 11th, 2013 at 7:43 am
Thank you, Rachael! Yes, the cocoon is so much safer and feels safe. I think sometimes we get mixed up in looking at life with physical eyes when we should look at life with spiritual eyes. No matter how safe our physical cocoon is, our spiritual cocoon is even safer! Blessings!
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You write beautifully and your transparency is inviting. Your words lead my heart to the cross and helps me remember who we have to thank for being perfect so that we don’t bear the eternal consequences of our imperfection. Blessings.
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Rebekah Reply:
June 11th, 2013 at 11:32 pm
“…the eternal consequences of our imperfection….” Beautiful! Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving such a lovely comment. Really, it’s God working through me (and in me!) and all the glory is His! See you again soon! Blessings!
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