The Perfect Blog

I met someone new at a coffee shop yesterday and in our conversation he shared a quote with me that immediately described where I often find myself. The quote was from Bum Phillips, a fomer NFL coach, and was something like “where there is confusion, there is no aggression.” I’m not sure what the exact quote was but you get the idea.

I immediately connected with that quote because I find that when I don’t have complete clarity on a direction or issue, I tend to retreat within myself and wait until I can get everything perfectly clear in my mind. My desire for perfection paralizes me and keeps me from taking any steps forward.

This blog is a good example. Its been a long time since I last posted. I’ve had some ideas but not “perfect” ideas. I’ve had thoughts that I’d like to share but not complete thoughts and so I choose not to share. So the result is inactivity and nothing gets done.

There are also areas of my life that I have a guess what the next step is but am not sure what the next 5 are. That keeps me from taking the next one. So while I wait around to get things figured out, I can end up paralyzed.

At the root of all of this is my fear of failure and lack of trust in Jesus. My lack of faith is not in what the results will be. Its a lack of trust that the results do not define me. My union with Jesus is the source of my life and my relationship with him is what makes me who I am. Failing doesn’t make me a failure. I am who I am because of Jesus has done. Not because of what I have done or will do.

How about you? Are you paralized by the need to be perfect or to have everything figured out? Is fear robbing of you freedom? Maybe today is the day to make the decision, take a step forward, and trust that you are one with the only perfect person in the universe. He loves you perfectly and he does not fail.

Btw, I just read this blog and it really is perfect.