"Good Enough"

            The other day someone told me they didn’t feel good enough for God’s love. I hear this type of thing more often than I would like, but sometimes I even feel this way myself. In our society, we have it in our heads that we have to qualify, we have to meet a certain standard, or we have to be this way or that way to be accepted. And to be honest, it really sucks sometimes. Especially as a perfectionist, I often battle with the fact that sometimes no matter how hard I try, I just can’t quite make the cut.

            It’s not necessarily a bad thing to want to be better and the best you can be, but it can become a bad thing when you become obsessed with this. It becomes a bad thing when the thought starts to haunt you that you won’t be good enough, that you can’t be perfect, that you might not meet the standards or qualifications. At least that’s the way this world seems to function sometimes.

            However, I am so joyously grateful that God doesn’t function this way. His love goes beyond the idea of being “good enough” and meets you right where you are. Isn’t it amazing and relieving to know that we don’t have to qualify for God’s love? He just loves us because he chooses to. He loves us because our God is love, that’s who he is. And He chose us before we were even capable of even trying to qualify.

Not only did God choose us as His and love us for exactly who we are even with our flaws, imperfections, and shortcomings, but He is still working in us. So what if we aren’t good enough??? Our God is MORE than good enough and when we allow Him to be a part of our lives, we become good in Him.