Just Me Is Not Enough

Hi! It's been about 6 days since I blogged about my devotions. Today's post is about perfection...

...or rather, imperfection.

I would like to start by leaving this theory of mine in your mind: "I am not nothing. I am not everything. I am just something."

Well, I am now moving on to my next book. It's by John Otberg, titled, "Everybody's Normal Till You Get To Know Them". The first part of the book gives me one impression overall: everyone needs someone (and of course, God). This is called a "community".

I believe that there is such thing as perfection. I mean, if there is none, why would there be such a thing as perfection in the first place? (Everything has to exist for a purpose!) If it is true that imperfect people need other imperfect people, perfection still cannot be achieved. We need a perfect being to make us perfect! It's like water. If a bottle is filled with muddy water, pouring in muddy water into a bottle will change nothing! But if pure water is filled into the bottle, at least the content of the bottle will be purer.

The Perfection is God. And if we are washed by God's Spirit, we will not be perfect, but will be closer to perfection.

I just watched "Touched By An Angel" (just a portion of it). And it's about a pastor who has lost faith in his belief just because he had accidentally crashed into (or by other ways) his son and killed him. The angel came in time to revive his faith. She said that people do not know God's plan wholly. God has taken the pastor's son, because there should be a purpose behind it that people without faith will not see.

This is very true. Perfection exists in God's plan. We are part of God's plan. We are part of the Perfection. But we are not the Perfection! Because I am just who I am. Because you are who you are. I am not God. Neither are you.

In some cases, you might need others to help you. For example, the pastor was helped by the angel. But in our everyday lives, it is not common to see an angel, is it? So, we need one another to help us open our eyes to realize that every part of our lives - both good and bad - are part of God's plan.

The idea of imperfection thus came into the fact of community. The first "not good" thing God has created in the world is one person. One person is not good. But as soon as Eve was made from Adam, God saw it was good. Why? Because community is good. Adam. Eve.

And God.

"I am not nothing. I am not everything. I am just something."
"But in God, I am something - something part of God's Perfect Plan."

Praise God for my imperfection! It is because of my imperfection that I can be part of the Creator's Perfect Plan!

"Here I am / At Your feet / In my brokenness, complete"
- lyrics of "Unashamed" by Starfield