MONDAY THOUGHT 11/16/09

November 16, 2009 on 12:29 pm | By | In Faith & Forgiveness | No Comments
Good Enough
 
It’s been my experience that most of us, especially in America, are never satisfied.  If we can walk a 15-minute mile, we push to make it in 14 minutes.  If we earn $100,000 a year, we set our sights on $110,000.  And that’s fine; that’s human nature.  That’s how this great country has/had maintained its leadership in innovation.  However, this never-enough attitude also can lead to a never-good-enough sense of frustration, of restless uncertainty and of inadequacy. 
 
The exception — or at least it should be the exception — is with God.  On one hand, we can never be good enough to  match up to His perfection.  On the other, that doesn’t matter.  That’s because as we are — limited, clay-footed creatures that we are – is good enough.  It really is. 
 
My point:  God takes us as we are … thank God.  Sure, we should shoot for perfection.  However, let’s not be so dumb as to think we’re really ever going to achieve it.  But that’s okay.  God loves us as we are.  Again:  God loves us as we are!  (Repeat that until it sinks in.)  So, today, if only for this day, forget what you’re not and what you can’t, and just enjoy being who you are, which is loved by God … and that truly is good enough. — jri
 
“To please God … to be a real ingredient
in the divine happiness … to be loved by
God, not merely pitied, but delighted in
as an artist delights in his work or a
father in a son — it seems impossible, a
weight or burden of glory which our
thoughts can hardly sustain.  But so it is.”
    –    C.S. Lewis
            “The Weight of Glory”    
 
Holiday thought/commercial:  If you’re looking for a Christmas gift for someone special, I invite you to consider my book, A Perfect Day.  You can order it either through the publisher at www.lulu.com/content/2269531 or directly from me at the address below for $17.50 ($15.34 plus shipping).  Thank you and God bless.  
John Ingrisano
DailyConnections
204 Lakeview Drive
Algoma, WI 54201
(920) 559-3722
November 16, 2009

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