I was thinking yesterday that 1 John 4:18 is a verse for perfectionists. I read in a book about perfectionism (Why Do I Put So Much Pressure on Myself, by Kathy Collard Miller) that one trait common to perfectionists is this constant feeling that God is displeased with us, that we just don't measure up. But: "There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love." (NASB) To the perfectionist, that is profundity two ways. To put it in a perfectionist's terms, we musn't fear imperfection, because that fear would itself mar our perfection. I find this highly amusing. I mean, just read that sentence-before-last over to yourself real fast ten times. Inner laughter guaranteed. Maybe good therapy for perfectionism would be to take a half-hour doze of laughter daily - and at least two-thirds of that ought to be at ourselves.
I think I need to make a list of all the possible e-laughs that exist. Lol is getting rather dull. :P
I had meant to write a longer post but I'm just not up to it today. And I already said what I wanted to say most, and there is no need to be long-winded! So in the spirit of the above paragraphs, I'm not going to pressure myself to write anymore. :)
Hmm...it just hit me that two words I usually second-guess the spelling on are "commitment" and "guarantee." Uh oh. Not good.
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