"I've spent my whole life searching desperately... to find out grace requires nothing of me."
I am one with a panel of inner critics.
(Enneagram 9 wing 1 through and through.) Things have to be perfect; well, my things have to be perfect. I have to do better, look better, talk better, cook better, be better... work harder, be smarter, keep up with laundry better, play with my dog more, take paint lessons, piano lessons, be more frugal... on and on... always convinced I should improve.
When in a heathy place, it's not so bad. But, when I look around and start comparing bits and pieces of my life with others, boy oh boy. I've learned to plaster a smile on my face, chuckle when cued, always respond with a "life is great!" even when it doesn't feel that way.
BUT- God is showing me more every day that I'm okay. Like, really okay. I can always do better, but I don't always have to right away. He loves me and accepts me as I am! And people all around me with hearts like His do, too! I can just be me. However scattered, wrinkled, exhausted, boring, or weird and corny that may sometimes be.
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(THIS IS TRUE OF YOU, TOO!)
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Knowing that brings a joy and freedom that can't be explained! Life is quite amazing.
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"I've spent my whole life searching desperately, to find out grace requires NOTHING of me."