Expectations

You are not perfect.

 You cannot be perfect.

But you are good.

You are beautiful and just the way you were made to be. You are who you are for a reason. Don't strive to be perfect, because it will just disappoint you and bring you down. Don't set such high expectations for yourself. You are lovely just the way you are. Strive to be the person you were made to be, and find out who that person is. Strive to be the person God made, strive to be in his image. That doesn't mean you will be perfect, or never have problems, or never struggle.

Because you will.

You will constantly have internal struggles. Social struggles. Struggles that make you wonder why you are the way you are. The answer is this. You are who you are because that is the way God made you. God made you who you are and it is right. Not perfect, right. You are you, don't try to be someone else. The struggles you encounter now may help you empower someone else later.

Your relationships, your friends, everyone you encounter, none of them will be perfect, so don't expect that of people. Just love them for who they are because that's what they need.

Love.

"We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love."
Romans 5:3-5

"Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect."
Romans 12:2



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-Hannah