Have you ever been told that you couldn’t do something based on abilities you possessed or didn’t possess? If you answered no, we need to meet and become best friends because that would make you an outright stud among studs. It’s happened to all of us, at some point, in some way. Not smart enough, not talented enough, not big enough, not pretty enough, and the list goes on. The central idea amongst all of these is that of not being “good enough”. The best part is that somehow, somewhere, and someway the idea that we decided what was “good enough” and determined who was “good enough”. That’s insane to me! When were we, when was anyone given the authority to decide what “good enough” was in all of the respected areas?
The best part is that we don’t think twice about saying he/she isn’t good enough at this or that. Again, if you’ve heard you weren’t good enough at something or not enough of something, you’ve said it about someone as well. Before you pull the, “no not me, never” card out of your pocket, think hard, I’m sure it has happened recently, maybe you didn’t even say it, you thought it.
Lets clarify before we continue. Not being “good enough” to play professional baseball is not what I am talking about (because that isn’t happening, got it, check). What I mean when I imply by good enough is the devaluing that takes place from the “good enough” standard. It’s the recognition that we have fallen short and not met a mark, and in turn, we are worth less, not as important. WRONG!
We are stuck in a society that treasures measurements and expectations that are skewed by materialism and an false advertising of what reality is. I may break some hearts right now and you may not like the following statement; there is no perfection in this world. No one is perfect and nothing is perfect. No model, athlete, grandparent, boyfriend/girlfriend, husband/wife, job/career, activity, toy, or gadget and that include the iPhone 4 S (I said it). If that didn’t get my point across just ask me to elaborate and I’ll give you a longer list, trust me, I have one (because everything is on it).
Ok, take a deep breathe, the easy part to swallow is over. What, it gets harder to hear what I’m writing about?! Yes, it does. It gets harder because we have forgotten what we were told, by ______, the PERFECT one (one and only form of perfection), ___________. You’re wondering why I say that’s harder to hear, because we’ve misplaced this along the way. We’ve forgotten that the Creator of the Universe looks at us and calls us good, holy, worthy. Self-check: We “know” that, but do we believe it, do we fully believe with all our hearts that it’s true? I don’t think we do, I don’t think we remember this, because when we have a feeling of not being “good/worthy enough” we are showing our disbelief. Maybe we never connected that our actions are showing disbelief. It’s hard for me to write because I’ve been here, I go to this place of believing the outside influences and not the Father who loves me more than I can imagine, no matter how much I want to. Lord forgive me, how selfish and embarrassing and utterly foolish.
I’ll post another blog soon, but before I get long winded and you lose interest I want you to think about this for a bit, let it sit, sleep on it. Maybe we’ll make some strides in the recognition of the self-actualization process we continually face.
I usually state that you can contact me and give me some feedback; questions, comments, concerns. However this is the one time I will encourage you to hold off, wait until you read the next blog.
Much Love
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