Make peace with your bacteria

I don't consider myself a perfectionist, but for quite a long time i've been an avid disliker of flaws. Be they physical or in character or wherever else they may squeeze themselves on.

Now, disliking flaws when you have them, inevitably, means you find yourself disliking parts of you. If anyone wants to start a fast-growing business today they can come up with an idea that seems to 'fix' what people don't like about themselves. It could be physical appearance (there's the make-up and plastic surgery industries for that), or just spending time alone (social media thriving). 

What has baffled me for a long time though is, why would a perfect God create an imperfect people? Then i thought, uhh, our idea of perfection is probably flawed too.

We have an entire ecosystem of microorganisms that live in and on our bodies that have been found to be actually good for us; like so good we in a successful commensal relationship with them. In fact, we NEED these lil' homies so much that the ones living in our intestines, for example, help us digest our food and stuff.  If a person prolongs their intake of antibiotics, they may kill off the good bacteria and cause a disbalance in their health. However, this good bacteria is still bacteria and can still cause disease in certain conditions (e.g in people with low immunity).

So, no matter how many times a day you're bathing, or 'detoxing' (all good); bacteria will still be there😆...i'm getting to my point, i promise.

Yep, here it is; make peace with it. 

The only person condemning you for what you do wrong right now is yourself. God is not anticipating the next time you fall and He definitely won't be surprised if you do. 

He's not saying be careless with your flaws, He's saying I love you in spite of them. All of you. 

I love a Francesca Battistelli song that says,      "I got a couple dents in my fener,

   Got a couple rips in my jeans

   Trying to fit the pieces together

    But perfection is my enemy

    And on my own I'm so clumsy

    But on Your shoulders I can see

     I'M FREE TO BE ME" 

Have you heard of the other Serenity Prayer?
"Lord, grant me the serenity to stop beating myself for not doing things perfectly,
The courage to forgive myself because I'm working on doing better,
And the wisdom to know that you already love me just the way I am."
Amen.