I’m not perfect. I don’t have perfect hair, the best complexion, or the prettiest eyes. I don’t have the most “Rockin’ Hot Bod”, eyebrows that are always “On Fleek” or a thigh gap. I’m not the skinniest or am I the curviest. I don’t have the perfect boyfriend or the perfect job. I don’t have the most fashionable clothes for this season, nor do I drive the fastest car. My phone is not the newest iPhone and I suck at contouring my makeup.

I don’t make all A’s on everything, I can’t speak seven different languages, and I can be rather ditzy at times. I don’t go to the most prestigious schools, nor do I have the voice of an angel and I am certainly not a chef. I don’t always know the right things to say and when I do, they sometimes come out a jumbled mess.

I get nervous. I get scared. I trust too much and sometimes never enough. I live with my heart on my sleeve. I don’t have the most confidence. I’m not the best at hiding my emotions and break down and cry way more than I should.

I sometimes get caught up more in gossiping about someone, than I do actually praying for them or helping them out. I even get my own image in my head and form opinions of others at times. Instead of trying to see them as God does, I can never seem to grasp the concept of “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say it at all!”

But, all of these things are completely fine. I am human and so are you. I can waste my time trying to obtain and chase after all of these, missing my life, or I can be content with the place I am right now!

So no, I’m not perfect. I’m nowhere close, nor do I try to be! Only one person was perfect and that was Jesus! He came down and died for us to take away our sins, so in turn that we could spend eternity with him!

I don’t know about you, but to me, there is something even better than actually being perfect! The same God that created the stars and the moon, the oceans and the deserts, all the birds and the lions, even delicious ice cream - He looked at you and decided that the world needed one of you! That is better than being perfect ever was!

So next time something happens and you are feeling down and out about yourself, remember that God loves you and thought that you were just as great and beautiful as everything else in this wonderful world and he handpicked you to be in this very moment right now! So go on and be proud to be living your imperfect life, because it perfectly fits into his plan and that is perfect enough!

“He has made Everything Beautiful in his Time.” –Ecclesiastes 3:11