Why You Don't Have To Be Perfect

I know Perfectionism.

She calls my name and says,

"You will never be good enough."

And sometimes I listen.

I cower in a corner.

Or I endlessly run.

But it's always about fear.

Then these words stop me in my tracks,

grab me by the heart,

and invite grace to speak instead:

Perfect love casts out fear (1 John 4:18)

I don't have to be perfect.

I only need to be perfectly loved.

And I am.

So are you.

Taken from "You're Already Amazing" by Holley Gerth