I am selfish. I would rather sleep in instead of get up at the break of dawn with my child jumping in bed with me contaminating my sheets with his full, wet diaper. I will argue with my husband about watching a comedy on our Friday night movie nights because I don’t like sarcastic, dry humor.
I am judgmental. If I see a woman walking around Walmart in her pajama pants and slippers, hair in a mess, and left over food drying on her saggy t-shirt, I roll my eyes thinking, “Couldn't they have at least gotten decent enough to come to the store?” I don’t stop to think that maybe she has a sick child at home that kept her up all night so she is out to get the antibiotic to help her baby and herself catch a few hours of uninterrupted sleep.
I am an introvert. If I am forced to participate in any sort of ice-breaker, I feel as though I’m having teeth pulled out of my un-numbed mouth. I feel uncomfortable in large crowds and would rather be at home by myself in my stretchy pants catching up on my favorite Netflix show.
I can be a lazy mom. When reading to my two-year old every night before bed sometimes I skip pages just to tuck him in faster so I can have a couple hours of “Me” time. After nights of being up and down nursing my not-so-sleepy infant, I turn on the TV and replay Lion King over and over to escape the need to put in the energy of entertaining the kids.
I am not perfect. Far far FAR from it in fact! You may not struggle with all these listed and I'm sure you have some to add to the list. I had many to add to the list but cut it down to keep you from un-friending me for all my personal flaws! ;)
“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” “Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”
These are just a few of my many imperfections. I don’t say these to self-criticize. I am being honest. These are some of my weaknesses. I am not proud of them, and I struggle with them on a daily basis.
But I can boast about my imperfections, I can admit them. Because Christ says he will cover me with His grace. Through my weaknesses He will show his power and will be praised.
I see Christ working in my life daily. I see His grace. I see Him chipping away at my many imperfections. He is changing my heart slowly but steadily. Every day I become a little less selfish, judgmental, and lazy. Every day I hold my tongue one more time than I did the day before.
I'm not enough, but through Christ, He makes me whole.
So I will praise Him for the little victories. I will praise Him for my strengths, and I will also praise Him for my weaknesses.