Don't think I'm perfect. Don't think I'm so good. Don't. Stop. Stop. Stop it! I'm not perfect. Every single person alive has faults and I'm one of them. Maybe you just don't know, but I have problems and faults just like everyone else. No one in history has been perfect except for Jesus. He's the only perfect one there has ever been and ever will be.
I'm just a little, a lot, sick and tired of people thinking that I'm "just too perfect, too good" or "little miss perfect" in a bad way. I'm not saying that every person thinks that I'm like this because I don't think I'm like this at all, I'm just sick of hearing it because I've heard more than twice. It's just that I'm no where near any of those things and I don't claim to be. Whatever is nice or good in me is all from Him, Jesus. Nothing I do that's good is from me. It's all from him. All the bad gunk in my life, now THAT is me. That's Janae. But, the whole point of being a Christian is to become Christ like. The life of a man or woman striving to become as like Christ is the life of a devoted Christian. So what's wrong with being nice, respecting your parents and others and trying your hardest?
I'm trying to become as much like Christ so that others see him in me, not think that I'm perfect. I have so many failures and times where I'm back at the feet of Jesus saying "sorry, sorry, sorry..." I don't broadcast my failures because who does that? Maybe my faults are less noticeable because I hold in my anger or sadness or jealousy or hurt or annoy when I don't want it to show; but they're still there all the same.
What I'm trying to say here is that I'm a sinner. I'm real and I try. The good in me is all the work of God because without him I'm nothing and that's exactly it. I'm not a goody-two-shoes I'm a Christian that works at it everyday, all day, as much as I can. And when people are nice, isn't that a good thing? We should love the improvements in people's character towards the likeness of Christ.
P.S. I hope this doesn't come off as conceited. I'm trying to say the opposite.
I'm just a little, a lot, sick and tired of people thinking that I'm "just too perfect, too good" or "little miss perfect" in a bad way. I'm not saying that every person thinks that I'm like this because I don't think I'm like this at all, I'm just sick of hearing it because I've heard more than twice. It's just that I'm no where near any of those things and I don't claim to be. Whatever is nice or good in me is all from Him, Jesus. Nothing I do that's good is from me. It's all from him. All the bad gunk in my life, now THAT is me. That's Janae. But, the whole point of being a Christian is to become Christ like. The life of a man or woman striving to become as like Christ is the life of a devoted Christian. So what's wrong with being nice, respecting your parents and others and trying your hardest?
I'm trying to become as much like Christ so that others see him in me, not think that I'm perfect. I have so many failures and times where I'm back at the feet of Jesus saying "sorry, sorry, sorry..." I don't broadcast my failures because who does that? Maybe my faults are less noticeable because I hold in my anger or sadness or jealousy or hurt or annoy when I don't want it to show; but they're still there all the same.
What I'm trying to say here is that I'm a sinner. I'm real and I try. The good in me is all the work of God because without him I'm nothing and that's exactly it. I'm not a goody-two-shoes I'm a Christian that works at it everyday, all day, as much as I can. And when people are nice, isn't that a good thing? We should love the improvements in people's character towards the likeness of Christ.
P.S. I hope this doesn't come off as conceited. I'm trying to say the opposite.
I know exactly how you feel. People are always telling me that I am "too perfect", when I'm really not! If only they could see the girl who is struggling with life just as much as they are! I love your blog, by the way. :)
ReplyDeleteExactly! Thank you, that means so much to me! Especially coming from you. (:
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