My best is just that.
Mine.
My best effort, filled with all the passion, skill and gifts I have to back it.
I have a hard time letting myself down, let alone people.
And God.
But I know myself. I have the tendency to see if I am pleasing those around me, family, friends & coworkers with my offerings.
While it is important to get feed back when I miss the boat, I am not to base my best upon their view point.
I am to do my best as an offering to the God I serve, in appreciation for who He is, all He has done & continues to do for me, and because it honors how He made me.
God put His best into our creation.
He doesn’t make second rate, its not in His character.
If I am made by Him, as the Word reminds me, I was well made. One of a kind, uniquely me, handcrafted with care.
His best.
And when, like all of us, I strayed and needed a shepherd to bring me back to safe luscious pastures to feed & grow, He gave His best to us in Jesus to make that happen.
Only the best will do when it comes to defeating evil.
God wins, every time.
I had a very long unexpected few work days. Technical glitches hit right after my weekend away, and I have been catching up ever since.
This time, however, I am not stressing about it.
I am doing my best.
I love all the hats I wear, but they are just that, temporary wares.
Who I am matters more than what I do.
My best is listening for what God has to say to me, who He says I am, what He has to teach me, the guidance and love I have longed for in the secret place from even before words.
When He gets my best, the rest becomes the best I am capable of.
Keeping my eyes fixed on the Best that has ever happened to me?
I see my reflection in His eyes.
I find rest, so I can offer my best.
And I am complete.
🙂
In Your Eyes: Peter Gabriel
(awesomely sung by either Peter Gabriel, or Nichole Nordeman)
love I get so lost, sometimes
days pass and this emptiness fills my heart
when I want to run away
I drive off in my car
but whichever way I go
I come back to the place you are
all my instincts, they return
and the grand facade, so soon will burn
without a noise, without my pride
I reach out from the inside
in your eyes the light the heat
in your eyes I am complete
in your eyes I see the doorway to a thousand churches
in your eyes
the resolution of all the fruitless searches
in your eyes
I see the light and the heat
in your eyes
oh, I want to be that complete
I want to touch the light
the heat I see in your eyes
love, I don’t like to see so much pain
so much wasted and this moment keeps slipping away
I get so tired of working so hard for our survival
I look to the time with you to keep me awake and alive
and all my instincts, they return
and the grand facade,
so soon will burn
without a noise, without my pride
I reach out from the inside
in your eyes the light the heat
in your eyes I am complete
in your eyes I see the doorway to a thousand churches
in your eyes
the resolution of all the fruitless searches
in your eyes
I see the light and the heat
in your eyes
oh, I want to be that complete
I want to touch the light
the heat I see in your eyes
KARLA LEES 