This is a touching video about "beautiful imperfections" made by the Ministry of Community, Youth and Sports here in Singapore, to encourage our young people to get married...
As Christians, I wonder if our tireless pursuit here on earth for the perfect everything (spouse, career, church, pet, haircut, ministry...), often disguised as "Nothing but the best is worthy of Christ!", is in reality a betrayal of our lack of trust in God and His Gospel?
When Christ returns, all imperfections will be done away with... The imperfections of this life create a yearning in us for the perfections of Christ, and the Kingdom He is bringing to earth. May we then learn to love and live as perfectly imperfect for Christ in this present age, knowing that the perfection that He will bring will make it all worth it!
"1Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 2And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. 4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away." Revelation 21:1-4
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
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Eh... I think life is much much more complex than that. It is manifestly NOT the case that everyone who is not married etc are like that because they are looking for a perfect spouse/career/ church whatever. I do take exception to people who utilize such types of argument (not that you have, but others have on various other subjects).
hence the call to live "imperfectly" as "perfectly" as you can, you silly boy! :-)
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