This is ridiculous. How do you put something in order that you can't even touch?! If I can't hold on to it and see how much I have and how much I need for a certain thing or another than how can I put it in order of what I need and when and how much? I don't have any in my hands at all yet it all keeps slipping through my fingers! And b/c I have no idea how to manage what I have/don't have I keep failing.
This is ridiculous.
I hate that life is about one thing and One thing only but everything you do that doesn't have to do directly WITH Him directly reflects that one thing you do FOR Him. I wish people could see me for my heart for Him and not look at what I do extracurricular to that. But that is the way it is. So now, I have to be perfect at all that I do just b/c of that One thing I was created to do. And I am a perfectionist so when I don't measure up, I get very disappointed in myself.
If Jesus forgave me, then I must forgive myself. If I don't than I am saying that His sacrifice wasn't enough. I wonder...is it the same for grace?
Jesus gives us grace b/c of our fall and it is by grace that I am saved. But I don't know how to give myself grace to fall. I don't see room for failure where I am. So when I fail I feel as though I am not where I am supposed to be. All I want is to be right with God and do well. This was my greatest fear; that I would fail.
And it's happening right before my eyes.
God...help.