241204 Perfection

 Perfection

How often world demands perfection

Of those it wants to look up to

When they fall short, suffer rejection 

You're flawed, so now we'll cancel you

Too frequently in self-reflection 

We set the bar too high to meet

Not perfect, so we feel dejection

Quest for ideal ends in defeat

And so, as means of own protection

From critic's eyes, we try to hide

Presenting self to skew perception 

So they won't see flawed you inside

Why seek a life that is perfection 

The perfect job, spouse, kids, or car

That mindset needs some redirection

This perfection thing's gone way too far

Perhaps deep in soul's recollection 

Some memory of perfection knew

In Garden prior to man's ejection 

Place our hearts still try going to

And thus, we feel that imperfection

Hurts man's and God's relationship 

The only way to make correction 

Use perfection as a bargaining chip

If no mistakes, then God's affection

He'll shower on me lavishly 

If good enough, won't need protection 

From wrath God might direct at me

The world God planned at its inception 

Was one where sin did not belong

That very sin changed world's direction 

Took Christ to set right what went wrong

Lives don't require perfect reflection

Because Jesus lived perfect one

Through Savior's death and resurrection 

The victory over sin's been won

Now Christ's the perfect intercession 

Between man and a loving God

It's through him we have reconnection

No need to have perfect facade 

So, drop the goal to reach perfection 

It's folly and can't be achieved

Till you've reached final destination 

Because in Jesus, you believed