Come Walk with Me

Dear Imperfect & Loved Sister,

I know that you struggle everyday to be a woman of God. People use the term "Christian" too loosely nowadays, and many think that just going to church every Sunday, singing the songs, and listening to the message make them a bonafide "Christian". But then, there's the issue of living up to your expectations of being one - meaning, to be "perfect".

I'll be the first to tell you that I am not a "perfect Christian woman". I am not nor will I ever be. And I am okay with that. For so many years, I punished myself for not being perfect. I punished myself for not going to church, for not reading the Word, for having bad thoughts and feelings, for making mistakes and screwing up...for every single bad or negative thing that I've done. Therefore, I did not deserve to call myself "Christian" or to be truly loved by God.

Well, I'm here to tell you that throughout my walk with Jesus, I have learned that the Lord will love you and me NO MATTER WHAT! Jesus died for our sins. He died to make us whole again so that we may receive God's forgiveness. The only perfection that exists in our world is God's love. However, God does not expect us to be perfect either. So why are we so worried about being so? Why can't we just be who we are, who God created us to be? The only expectations and limitations that we have are the ones we put on ourselves, and that, my Dear Sisters, is that work of the enemy.

It is my hope that through this blog, we can walk this journey of imperfection together as Sisters. For so long I felt alone because I thought that I was the only one who felt inadequate and lower than life in my womanhood and as a Christian. I'm starting to learn that that is not so. I am not alone. And you shouldn't feel alone either. Because you're not.  Being a woman is hard enough. Being a Woman of God is even harder, not because God makes it hard, but because we make it hard on ourselves.

So with that said, I wish you all well, and I hope you will join me, in all your imperfections, on this walk in perfect love with our most gracious God.