I am not Perfect

Thought: June 30, 2014

Ahem…even though we all start the day off with a clean slate…with no mistakes on it yet (A quote by Mrs. Stacy from the movie “Anne of Green Gables), how is it that from the moment we open our eyes in the morning…errors are waiting for us at the door?

I will tell you, that I have lived many, many years (not telling you how many) and I find it hard to believe that I haven’t been able to master any skills I have to perfection.  I may have done the same daily routine over and over again, but somehow new mistakes show up along the way.  You think I would have been able to figure out how to live life the right way.  Not happening!

Honestly, how hard can it be to face each day and get through it free of any kind of frustrations, trials, sicknesses and whatever may come our way?  Let us say it together:  VERY HARD!

I have learned much about myself from being imperfect…it has taught me to be forgiving of others when they frustrate me in some way  and to go a little easier on myself when I start trying to find excuses for the reasons why I tend to do more things wrong than right.  I have learned to laugh when I can and cry when I have to. 

What about you?  Do you find you imperfections hard to deal with?  Share your thoughts with us...Jeanne Claire Probst

Poem:  I am not perfect

Did you know I wasn't perfect and I tend to mess up every now and then?

I can’t tell you the last time a day went by and I had not sinned.

I try to do what is right and although I try with all my might,

I often don’t win my fight and sin kicks me off the right path and of the right road I may lose sight.

Even though this is not the way I want to "walk"

Sometimes my actions don’t go along with my “talk.”

So please bear with me as I try to correct my steps

To be patient with me I want to suggest.

My imperfection has been with me a very long time

And I have many times walked a thin line,

Between wanting to do what is right and actually doing what I need to do

I'll make a deal with you that if you won’t judge me, I won’t judge you.

Jeanne Claire Probst