Well it’s Day 3 of the New Year. This year is still so fresh and new and filled with beautiful wonder and anticipation.
I’m so excited for what’s in store. For what God has in-store. What goals have you set into motion? Here is your friendly reminder that if you haven’t started (whatever you wanted to start) regardless of what day or time it is, it’s never too late to start.
I decided to choose a word for the year, but I had a little bit of a hard time deciding on one. I thought a needed a fierce inspirational word, one that would motivate me the very instant I though of it it, or said it out loud. But everything I thought of didn’t feel right or fit that description. So as I took the time to pray about it, to think about where I am in my life, where I want to be, the dreams and goals I’ve set into motion, I started to realize that I needed to go a different direction with my word.
The truth is that I’m somewhat of a perfectionist. It’s something I’ve been working on for sometime and am constantly working on. I blame it on the fact that I’m a creative. When I create, it takes a lot for me to share it or present it to the world until it feels, perfect. Perfectionism creeps in when I write music, design, in my business ventures, in my overall life. I battle it constantly. I’m so hard on myself and if you are perfectionist you know that it can cause you to not do what you want or need to do, for fear that it won’t be perfect. Right?! I know you know the drill, you want to do all the things well and so at times, it keeps you from stepping out and doing anything at all.
Perfectionism essentially requires reliance on and faith in oneself and talents and not in the one who created us and gave us those gifts and talents.
It’s a burden that constantly brings you down and shines a light on your shortcomings.
As I focused on all that I wanted to accomplish this year, I quickly realized what I would need most in my life in 2019, is a whole lot of GRACE!
So my word of the year is, Grace beautiful Grace. Obviously this grace is extended to all those around me, but ultimately it’s for myself. This word is for me.
My prayer for 2019 is that I would live in grace over perfection.
Grace enough to not hold back and take courage daily, even when it’s not all perfect.
Grace enough to continue to consistently walk into what God has called me to, even when the steps aren’t all perfectly laid out.
Grace enough to see myself through a lens of love and kindness.
Grace enough to not hold myself to such a high standard.
Grace enough to embrace the lessons not the mistakes.
Grace enough to live imperfectly.
I hope and pray that if you are a fellow sufferer of perfectionism like myself, that you would also choose to run after grace this year. That you would let it begin to encompass your heart and change the way you live your life! And that above all, you would live out this year knowing you are worthy and so dearly loved!
