No one's Perfect...

To be honest, I have never liked playing with the rubix cube. Maybe it's because I've never finished one and the furthest I’ve gotten was when each side had all of the same color except one square on that side. (I have finished a triangle one…that was weird, never seen one like it…) It's kind of funny, when first working on the cube I feel so smart and I am determined to finish it and I vow that will be the last time that I will work on it because I will  “overcome the cube”. Plus it looks cool, with all of the colors and how it moves. But winning never happens. I guess I could look up hints on the internet of how to finish it, but that feels like cheating, and even so I am sort of too lazy to get around to looking up for the help. So instead I continue to pretend to feel comfortable with trying time after time to finish the rubix cube and never succeeding, while in my head I become so frustrated and want to quit.
            Personally the same can be said with my life. I seem to time and time again fail, rise up with strength, which soon deflates, and I become discouraged and fail again. It’s a continuous circle. I guess I could find help. Maybe by reading the Bible, but that becomes almost like a chore. I could ask others for aid, but to be frank some of my problems aren’t that bad and someone might judge me and accuse me of complaining. So in conclusion it makes me want to do this:

Find a huge mud pit and fall on my knees and then fall smack down with my face in the mud until my God comes. I would wish for Him to then pick me up, clean off my face, look me in the eyes and say, “You know what, you’re alright. How you are right now is great for me—I can use you and love you this way. Don’t do anymore to change for now except to accept me as I accept you.”

So as I lay with mud seeping over me while playing with my rubix cube, I come to realize something. No matter how hard I try, I will never be perfect without Christ. End of story.

…Now. The reason why we cannot become perfect on earth is because this would deem Christ’s gift void while also succeeding to ultimately amount to the power of God—becoming a god. And there is only one God (hence the reason why He becomes jealous when we see it otherwise Exodus 20:3-6).

            But I’ve already accepted Christ. Great!

            And yet I still feel like I need to amount up to something.

            So get ready.

            Have you accepted Christ, tolerating him and just believing that he existed, or are you living in him and have a relationship with God through Christ?

            You need to fully let him into your life! Look at Romans 12:1-2:

A Living Sacrifice

¹ Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. ² Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

Become a living sacrifice and remember grace (Romans 11:5-6).

            Did he save you and is thus your Savior or are you still trying to save yourself and after all you can do you then accept Christ to get to heaven?

            You must check the fruits of whatever spirit is in your heart to see if you are headed in the correct direction by God’s will. If you’ve become a Christian and yet still feel that all of the good works that you do are amounting to nothing or that they are not enough and you must do more, you need to check your heart! Look at Colossians chapter 3 verse 17:

“And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”

If you are doing works for any other reason you will have a tough time living a holy life here on earth (Colossians 3:12-16). Remember, God is enough (Psalms 103 and I Timothy 6:6-12).

            This does not mean that you cannot serve others because you want to be compassionate and helpful to them. Indeed, it is after our hearts let Christ rule that our eyes will then be opened to see that from God’s love flows more love.

It’s okay to be imperfect. In fact, it gives us more room to grow, more room to trust in God. This is not to say that we should be more sinful. Look at Romans 5:16 when its says that "the gift of God is not like the result of the one man's sin: The judgement followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification." We can grow in God, and when we have faith He can raise us up in our darkest times. So I will not live to strive to be perfect, but I will live to praise and love God and help to bring others through kindness to do the same.