I am a recovering perfectionist. How do I know? Because I have often blurred the line between what I do and who I am. In my recovery, I have learned that when my identity is tied to my performance, my mistakes, setbacks, and failures become far more than isolated events. They become verdicts on my… Continue reading Perfectionism Zooms In. Grace Zooms Out.
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When a perfectionist grows in God’s grace
John 12:24 Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. She is finally done with her perfectionist ways. She is exhausted from relentlessly working her plan. The plan that never meets her expectations. The plan that makes her insecure and fearful. The plan that… Continue reading When a perfectionist grows in God’s grace
