This week of homework was so full of things that stood out to me that it’s hard to pick just one thing, but since I’m not looking to write a novel I’ll choose one.
You know how certain things mean more depending on what you’re going through or something that’s recently happened? That’s how this week of homework was for me.
On Day 1 of Week 2, Beth writes, “Even those most serious about their pursuit of God and godliness fail to be perfect examples all the time. That’s why God is busy conforming us into the likeness of Christ alone. None of the rest of us can bear the burden of constancy.”
It’s not that anyone has let me down recently or I’ve watched someone I admire fall, although I’ve had those moments in my life. I just read those words at a moment when I was feeling very weak, very fallible, very inadequate.
It served as a good reminder to me that not one of us is perfect. Even the people I look up to the most have their moments when they do or say the wrong thing. We are all human and sometimes we all feel like we’re failing to live up to what God has called us to be.
The cry of my heart for the last year has been something I heard my pastor say in church, “Lord, I’m not infallible, but I am available.” I know that in my own strength I am completely incapable of being anything other than a hot mess most of the time, but I also know that He promises that in my weakness, He is strong.
So I let him know that I’m available for whatever it is He’s trying to accomplish.
And this week I needed to be reminded that Christ is the only one who can “bear the burden of constancy”. Keeping my eyes on Him will help me look more like Christ, but nothing is going to make me perfect. He doesn’t require it.
He wants to use me anyway.
Any thoughts from this week?