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I know that it is popular to say things like "you are perfect the way you are" and to dismiss as destructive any mention of imperfection or brokenness.
Can I be honest? Any philosophy that doesn't acknowledge brokenness or imperfection rings hollow and untrue for me.
Can I be honest? Any philosophy that doesn't acknowledge brokenness or imperfection rings hollow and untrue for me.
I am deeply aware of things I don't like about myself and things that are wrong. I know this. I am deeply aware of my flaws and faults.I am deeply aware of my sin. Anything telling me different isn't being truthful. I don't believe it.
What I do need to be reminded of and what I can believe is that this brokenness isn't the sum of me, it doesn't define me, and doesn't change my value. I don't need to be perfect. That is what frees me: not the belief that I am not broken but that in my brokenness, I am loved.
I look at the world & the sin I see. Racism. Sexism. Violence. Greed. Abuse. We are not perfect.
I look at my own life and the brokenness and the struggle and the shame and sin. I am not perfect. I live with me. I know this to be true.
I need something that addresses this all.
I look at my own life and the brokenness and the struggle and the shame and sin. I am not perfect. I live with me. I know this to be true.
I need something that addresses this all.
Something that acknowledges it, but doesn't sit hopelessly in the midst of it. Something that points to a better way, that teaches a love that transcends the imperfections and brokenness and sin.
And I know people are different and I'm not here to change minds. It's just that lately I've come to understand how much I, personally, need a belief system that stares down the brokenness and imperfections (of my life and this world) rather than a belief that denies them.
