Given that I recently blogged on how I can find other people's jagged edges hurtful, I was interested by her comments on how it is our jagged edges that give God and others something to grasp hold of. I'm still pondering this too. I like how she says we often have an ideal image of who we should be, and that person is not who we actually are. And we think that the ideal person would be loved better (by God and ourselves) whereas God loves us fully just as we really are.
I'm in a post birthday slump and feel far from my ideal self, but will keep reminding myself that it's still enough.
I think we are called to focus on God, which makes our behaviour more like his, and brings our priorities closer to his (in however small a way). That's a bit different from aiming to be like God, or to match our behaviour to a particular standard, which can end up making us feel inadequate. It's always good to be reminded that we're not loved more/less if we behave better/worse :).
ReplyDeleteI did read an article the other day about how the things which we're critical about in others probably point to an insecurity we have. I'm going to try to stay aware of that, because I think it's probably true.
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Yes, Nadia makes that same point in the Accidental Saints book I'm reading at the moment, and it's something for a long while i've thought true/worth being aware of, that the things that we find hard in others usually points to something in ourselves we struggle to accept. Thanks Jo for the reminder that yes I should be focussing on God rather than trying to be like God - the latter feels impossible. Thanks for commenting. Love you xx
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