Perfection?

As many people do , I too strive for the elusive thing called "perfection". Whether it be the perfectly struck golf ball, the perfect flight of an arrow, being the "perfect " dad , or the "perfect " husband. For the most part "perfection " us unattainable, but it is something it seems everyone strives for........

Take a minute to think............how often do we look for and embrace the "imperfect"? This has been on my mind for a while now. I have sat at my window looking at the giant Hack berry tree in our front yard and thought how beautiful and perfect it looks in the fall. the funny thing it is not so perfect when you really start looking at it. It has some broken limbs from last years ice storm, it is very uneven from the city trimming it around the power line, and it leans just a little bit toward the house.

When I watch the girls playing and progressing I think of how perfect they are, but then i notice Becca's g-tube and her seizures , and i notice Kayla's walk. I know they will never be star athletes, or honor students and I know they will never be "perfect" in the worlds eyes. There lives were anything but perfect before they came into our hearts.

That is why I think it is more important to cherish what is sometimes labeled "imperfect". I think of how boring life would be if everything was in its nice neat little perfect place. The smallest little hick-ups in life can have such huge impacts. For instance, after I graduated high school I decided to take a little trip to Iowa to visit my Uncle Rod and help him build houses for the summer. I had every intention of going back home at the end of the summer, but for some strange reason I stayed. A year later I met Cindy ( thank god) and my "perfect" getaway from home changed. We fell in love, and later married. If I had gone back home we would have never met. I would not have Luke , Maddie, Becca , or Kayla. Jamie would not have been here to fill my heart with so much joy and LOVE.

I think a lot about Jamie......................................She struggled through so many things in seven years. She had brain surgery at the age of 1 . She had countless hospital stays, she couldn't walk, and she had her seizures. Cindy and I chose rather than to dwell on the negative we embraced the not so perfect things about our little girl. She blessed our lives and impacted so many other peoples just with her smile ,her laugh and her big wet kisses.

Life should be more about LOVING the "imperfect" gifts the GOD gives us. All of the "imperfect " things in your life are there for a reason. They make people who they are, or remind people of what is truly important in life....................... All of these "imperfect" things that God gives us all are .................................well........................."PERFECT"