Perfect People

Never let 'em see you when you're breaking
Never let 'em see you when you fall
That's how we live and that's how we try
Tell the world you've got it all together
Never let them see what's underneath
Cover it up with a crooked smile
But it only lasts for a little while

There's no such thing as perfect people
There's no such thing as a perfect life
So come as you are, broken and scarred
Lift up your heart and be amazed
And be changed by a perfect God

Suddenly it's like a weight is lifted
When you hear the words that you are loved
He knows where you are and where you've been
And you never have to go there again

Who lived and died to give new life
To heal our imperfections
So look up and see love. Let grace be enough

By a perfect God

Be changed by a perfect God
Be changed


These are the lyrics to one of my current favorite songs, "Perfect People" by Natalie Grant. It's somewhere in the music player at the bottom of my page, if you want to hear it. Just click on the song title, and it will play.

I think one of my favorite lines in that song is "Come as you are, broken and scarred. Lift up your heart and be amazed, be changed, by a perfect God." I love that! In myself, I am nothing. In Christ, I find forgiveness, perfect love, constant acceptance, unending grace, and a safe place to say "I'm a mess, Lord!" Who wouldn't want that?

But, that's not the end. The last part of that lyric says to lift up my heart, be amazed at who He is...and to be CHANGED. Be transformed by God. It is not enough to just recognize that there's a God somewhere out there just doin' His thing, and I'm just doin' my thing. No. He wants a relationship with me. And it is only through that relationship that God, in His mercy, can transform my heart and my mind. I am so far from perfect. So far! But this One that I keep getting to know more and more is perfect. And I can trust Him to change me from the inside out, as I lift my heart up to Him. As I surrender my will to the Lord...His perfect will. The result? Complete joy for me, and He gets all the glory! Let grace be enough.... 'cause we're not perfect people.