Dwelling on Imperfection

Another hard week...another death... more illness...I feel like the last little pig left at home when the other two have been devoured by the wolf... only it's at work instead of home..I've hardly seen home this week but I've already been attacked once by that wolf of circumstance...by two break-ins in the one night, a stolen/burnt out car...don't know which was worse, that or the lack of a night's sleep.... I really need my sleep!
However its not so bad...I will get a week off next week to recover. Noticeably anything I've written recently has lost its uplifting edge and has focused on the downside, observing our human difficulties and imperfections... I notice that even within the “norm” of relationships, difficulties abound, as will probably be seen in future poems. Perhaps rest will restore a more positive view by next month!

The words of the Chris Bowater song “Crown of Beauty”, and the lines “I could feast my eyes on imperfection” or I could see myself through God’s eyes with my “Crown of Beauty” caused me to question my focus. We can be redeemed from a life of imperfection, acceptable in His sight, enabled to call God Father if we accept Jesus as the one who came to save us. As was said last Sunday, we have the joy of knowing we are accepted just as we are, but need to balance that with the urge towards sanctification… conforming little by little to the image of Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit. Maybe its time to focus on something or someone more uplifting!