Reality vs. Perfection

There used to be mornings where I just wanted to roll over and stay in bed – forever. Life outside my room was too complicated, annoying, and mostly what I didn’t want it to be. I would lay there and imagine my Perfect Life. I dreamed it up when I was little. (Fifty bucks says you have one too.) The Perfect Life is where I’m a famous writer, married to my rich husband, living in a castle on a hill with money piled up in a treasure chest in the basement. We have two perfect little boys - who adore me - and go off on expensive family vacations in our private jet.

Real Life never beat Perfect Life. So I just laid there a few moments more, reveling in the Perfect Life. And then my alarm would buzz again, and I had to get out of bed to experience the bleakness of my Real Life once more.

But who said there wasn't a Perfect Life out there waiting for me? I was a child of the King, so I knew that He didn’t just send me here to lie around and dream about some other life I made up for myself. And I knew He didn’t create me just to prattle away in some existence that I didn't really care for.

So, how did I figure out what would bring that satisfaction? What steps did I take to get to the place where I wake up, smile, and jump out of bed excited for the day (and it’s not a Saturday or a vacation day – lol)?

The answer was with my Creator. He made me knowing what would make me happy because he put that spot there in the first place. He put a Purpose inside of me that will cause me to accomplish my individual Utopia once it’s achieved. It only comes down to me to step out and live out the Purpose He has for me.

So now, instead of laying in bed dreaming of the Perfect Life, I lay and talk to my Heavenly Father who gives me insight on how to live my Real Life. When I follow his instructions, things always come together in such perfect ways. Getting out of bed isn’t that difficult anymore. And I must say: I’m pretty sure that my Real Life will be much better for me than that Perfect Life ever could.

Today’s Verse: For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11 (NLT)