Christmas in July. Beach vacations in February. Falling leaves on a scorcher day. Rain for the garden. Sun for the picnic. We always want what is just beyond our reach. Especially when it comes to weather we stick out little noses over God's shoulder, absently hovering in another season instead of enjoying the one we're in. Sometimes I wonder what God was thinking when he gave us the free will to be constantly asking for something besides what we have. It's a beautiful thing to realize that in His perfectness, He doesn't even get annoyed at us, He just laughs and sadly watches us chase our tails around, trying to find our perfect...everything.
What a funny concept perfect is. We let it slip from our tongues like magic waiting to happen. I mean, it was a good day for a wedding, but if only the sun had been just a LITTLE bit less...sunny, it would have been just PERFECT. We spend so much time obsessing about what we think would make, well, EVERYTHING more perfect, that we never stop to think about the fact that we actually have no idea what perfect is. We simply add that word whenever we think there is room for improvement...so pretty much all the time. You know what I would think would be perfect? If we let go of what we thought that perfect was, and let the only One who actually is, govern our lives.
Hey, He wants it to hail in mid June? Go for it, He wants this post to be a random rant about who knows what? Let it be done.
That is so true. Good post, dear.
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