Messages

Try harder. Do better. Be perfect.

These messages are tricks that people have played on us. No matter how hard we try, we think we have to do better. Perfection always  eludes us an keeps us unhappy  with the good we've done.

Messages of perfectionism are tricks because we can never achieve their goal.  We cannot feel good about ourselves or what we have while these messages are driving us. We will never be good enough until we change the messages and tell ourselves we are good enough because of Christ.

We can start approving of and accepting ourselves and embrace with honor what God has gifted within us. When we do this we began to understand that who we are is good enough. Our best yesterday was enough; our  best today is plenty good too. We are loved and accepted by Him not by works or perfection but by grace.

We can be who we are, and do it the way we do it-today. That is the essence of avoiding perfection trap.