“So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.” The idea of being perfect is daunting. We’ve already blown it and can never be perfect. But the word Jesus uses does not carry the weight the English word does but more like “be complete.” Maybe one way to understand it: be the person you we made to be. I am reminded of kintsugi pottery in Japan. Broken bowls are repaired using precious medals (gold, silver, platinum) so that they form something even more beautiful than they were before they were broken. That is our story as well. Even in our brokenness God applies the precious gift of grace and reforms us so that we can become who God wants us to be.
JUNE182019
By Church Staff
