A Perfectionist's Prison (Part 2): Your Body

Hello, perfectionists! Welcome back.  I'm so glad we've gathered yet again. Almost everyone here is on time... with very cute outfits and perfectly applied makeup.  And those of you who were late, I know you were just finishing that perfectly applied makeup in the car... am I right or am I right? Last week, I brought up the fact that we all deal with perfectionism in different ways, yet a majority of women (due to society pressures, need for approval, attention from guys, and yadda yadda yadda...) deal with perfectionistic attitudes towards their body image and appearance. 

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Sometimes I am embarrassed to call myself a Christian

FACT: It takes a lot to embarrass me.  Nine times out of ten, I laugh off whatever foolish thing I have done and carry on with life.  Embarrassment is not something that plagues me or bothers me.  However, over the past several months I have found something that embarrasses me.  I am embarrassed to call myself a Christian.  Time out:  I know where your mind is going, don’t go there.  Hear me out.  Time in.

Listen (Read) closely.  I am not embarrassed of Christ or being a follower of Christ.  I could not agree with Paul any more in Romans 1 where he states that he is not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ.  I am not ashamed or embarrassed by the Gospel or Christ who is the bestower of the Gospel.  I am NOT embarrassed by that.  I am embarrassed to call myself a Christian because of the name and stigma that “Christians” have put on the “title” of Christian.

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A Perfectionist's Prison (Part 1)

"What is your greatest strength, and what is your greatest weakness?"  If you've had a job interview of any kind, you may have been asked this question.  Now, we all know it's much better to choose things such as, "I'm a perfectionist," instead of, "I am always really late and lazy. Can I have a lazyboy recliner for my desk? How many weeks vacation do we get?"  Perfectionism, OCD, and pride in your work are all traits that are praised in our society, so how do we know if our desire to be "perfect" has created an unhealthy, all-or-nothing, black-and-white prison that keeps us from living a full life? I'm calling all perfectionists... go ahead and take a seat. 

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