Every Bride desires to stand perfectly before her lover on her wedding day. She makes sure that her dress is clean and pressed, her make up is flawless, her hair is a master piece and her bouquet is exquisite. But what happens when the flowers don’t arrive, the hair doesn’t cooperate, and the extra weight we’ve put on, pops our zipper? Do we call the wedding off? Or do we turn away from the mirror just long enough to face our lover and realize that in His eyes we are perfect!
The reality of who we are leads us to the realization of who He is in us. To be brutally honest about yourself will always bring you to your knees empty, before the only one who can fill those needs. Facing our failures and frailties helps us to realize that perfection is not capable in and of our own accord. But as born again Christians, thank God we have the Perfect one within us.
Its time to face up to the fact that God never expected us to become perfect but we are MADE perfect by His spirit. So stop beating your head against the "wall of standards" that religion has sized you up against and learn what the scripture has to say about Spiritual perfection!

Turn with me to Matthew 5:48