You know that horrible, weighed down guilt + tiredness you have some days? It’s so heavy you’re not sure how you’re going to make it through your day?
Life is hard, and you know that, but some days you wish you could just trade your tired skin for some of that shiny new, energetic two-year old skin? Maybe that future glorified spirit could just burrow into yours for a day…or two. New heavenly glorified body on loan please? Yea, that one, the one that has no corners of anger or exhaustion, guilt or anxiety. “Can I feel it just for one day Lord?”
Man, it will be great to slip into that new body in glory. But in the meantime, in this sin-infested, curse-filled earth where we tromp our weary selves, what do we do? How do we make it through without giving up?
I think perspective has a ton to do with perseverance.
On the days that I am just done, wilted, I remember that my identity is not in my ability to stay energized, or have the house all clean, get all my work done, or have the kiddos neatly dressed with bows in. My identity, my worth and value, is in the One who sees me as perfect for all of eternity.
Perfect.
Read that again. Grasp it. Breathe it in. You who know Jesus, the Word made flesh, you are perfect for all of eternity (Hebrews 10:14), now you are walking it out in faith and a willing obedience (as opposed to a striving obedience, in which you will fail and/or become legalistic). That voice in your mind thumping you with all the weight of a downpour has no authority over you. God is the only One who has the authority to tell you who you are. I believe that when we give our souls permission to breathe in the truth of the gospel, we will renew our perspectives in such a way that even on the “I-can’t-make-it” days, we will make it.
And we will hope. We will hope and look forward to the day that we no longer must bear the weight of weariness, but will instead dance with unceasing energy and joy. Oh that glorious day!
So for now, we wait, we hope, we believe truth, and we persevere. We throw off the condemning voices and choose to believe this:
“but we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.” 1 Corinthians 2:18,19
You, my friend, are being transformed right now into the perfection that is already yours. Claim it.
By Sarah Mae, author of the bestselling ebook 31 Days to Clean-Having a Martha House the Mary Way and grace-in-the-mess blogger at Like a Warm Cup of Coffee
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Amen! Thanks for this Sarah Mae. I love the way that I was about a third of the way down this post, I knew it was written by you 🙂
That is neat! 🙂
Amen, Amen, Amen
Oh Sarah….what BEAUTY in letters. Thank you so so much for writing these truths. And truths they are. I will be sharing what you’ve said to someone very important to me who, like me, will need the ointment of these words to soothe the truth back into her heart. We are under attack as God’s children. It is a relentless battle at times, and knowing whose we are and the very fabric of our identity is CRUCIAL to surviving the onslaughts, lies, deception and drudgery when life takes turns into valleys (large or small). Truth IS our offense and saving grace. The Word is our healing. Thank you for sharing sister.
” knowing whose we are and the very fabric of our identity is CRUCIAL to surviving the onslaughts, lies, deception and drudgery when life takes turns into valleys.”
It absolutely is…I think our lives hinge on it.
This is amazing. Yes, I am perfect! God looks at me as His beloved daughter with whom he is well pleased!!!
Great title too. It made me smile.
It’s wild that we are already perfected for eternity…that blows me away every time I think about it.
Thank you for this! HOW I NEEDED THIS TODAY! Just yesterday the weight of weariness (what a great way to put it) was heavy on me, so it was encouraging just to read your perspective and even realize I’m NOT the only one who feels this way! The encouragement is wonderful and it’s received with a grateful heart- thank you.
God bless!
You’re welcome – we all need it, the truth, desperately.
I needed to read this this morning. Thank you.
Ahhhhh… so true. I struggle so much on those low-energy days! And then I start to feel like a failure… about the house, the lack of academics going on, my inability to do this or that….
I need to repeat a truth like the one you shared today on those days.
Thank you.
So good to know we’ve already been made perfect through Jesus. Whew. I think I’ll just rest on that truth for awhile. Thank you!
okay. first i loved the coffee beans in the heart – as i drink my third cup of fresh-ground french roast! next, loved the title. laughed out loud. and then i loved your words. thanks for the fresh perspective. i’ve been reading ezekiel lately. when he was first called as a prophet, he had a vision of god’s glory. and of course, fell face down. then god told him to stand up. hello? who can stand at the sapphire throne? but as.god.spoke. he caused ezekiel to stand. he will help us with this life!
French roast is my favorite!
thank you for sharing that about Ezekiel – I love that.
“God is the only One who has the authority to tell you who you are.”
Oh – this is right on it girl! And who does He say that I am??
loved.
object of grace.
His daughter.
yes – perfect in Him.
Thanks dear for this reminder today.
When I first grasped that truth, that God is the ONLY one on the throne, it changed my life.
Thank you so much. A very much needed reminder.
From the bottom of my heart, thank you for writing these words.
Thank you for this post, loved the last line: “you are being transformed right now into the perfection that is already yours. Claim it.” So true!
…and the Truth, it really does set us {Free}. Seeing this changes everything.
Rich blessings, Sarah Mae, as you are blessed in the serving — {encouraging} — of others…
I love you. I just really, really love you. I wish we could sit and chat over coffee (make mine decaf white chocolate mocha with a shot of caramel and no whip. hee.). If you only knew how much I needed to read this today. I was already on the verge of tears at the end, but then you had to use 2 Corinthians 3:18. Um…yeah…that’s my blog verse. And one of the driving forces behind my blog title. Remember in TrueFaced where he talks about the butterfly and caterpillar having the same DNA? Mm-hmm.
So…it just hit home that I haven’t been living in the Room of Grace for a long time.
Such a beautiful reminder. Thank you for this! Bless you.
Love this. Exactly what I needed to hear. Thanks much.
Thanks Sarah, really needed to hear this today! So encouraging & challenging all at the same time. God bless you!
Perfectly written! And so true. Most days it’s all about perspective. I choose to look at my life as half full instead of half empty!!! Blessings!
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It is so difficult to keep from spiraling out of control on how we measure up. Its so important to keep telling ourselves we are Gods girls. I am grateful for the reminder!!
Something I often tell friends, especially my kids and their friends–“Remember who you are and remember Whose you are.” That perspective rightly aligns choice and thinking.
Encouraging, Sarah Mae :).