Too Perfect

I woke up to my morning pages which has become more prayer and meditation than mere journaling! It is where I come clean about things that bother me, dreams and otherwise random thoughts. I was at the bottom of page 2 in my journal where I noted:

“Oh dear, like flaws in a diamond; it is that very flaw which affirms that it is authentic! Too perfect only confirms that it is a fake”.

So it is with life. If there are no flaws, no imperfections needing to be graced over, rest assured beloved-the life examined is not authentic! What is being lived is artificial, counterfeit, and a cheap substitute for the authentically flawed life. When held to the light of God it is the imperfections that make it obvious to everyone that we are the real deal!

Like many hardened sinners, I was embedded in a deep dark cave. I was chiseled out of dirt, washed up and cut deep. The deepest facets were revealed through many a chisel and hammer blow carefully controlled by the Master Artist Himself! Those costly cuts create prisms when that living stone is held to the light. It shines even more when cleaned of all residue of this world from which it came. It becomes a living showcase of what Christ has done for every sinner who surrenders to His cleansing power and His purposes to create beauty from our former lump of coal existence.

Yet, there are flaws. Some are smaller than others which simply make us unique and prove our authenticity. It is the flawed stone that is actually far more valuable than the flawless fake which appears to sparkle, but has no real worth! There are many flaws in my life that simply must be graced over. There is no “cutting out” with-out weakening the whole thing or making it much smaller than it was ever intended to be. God loves the imperfect me. He loved me the way I was, but too much to leave me that way. Oh I’m still flawed but that just makes it clear, He’s….Perfect.