The title says everything I want to tell you today. So if you are busy you can stop reading and just repeat that to yourself throughout the day. I have to say it often and it melts away stress and keeps me going. I say it to the children too. It reminds them that I expect their best, but if their best still isn’t perfect–that’s okay.
I remember last week packing the ingredients to take dinner over to my cousin’s house… (Ooh, I’ve never told you about that? I do it every week and it’s fantastic….but for another post.) And I was late. She needed to leave at a certain time and I got the privilege of playing with our 9 children for the evening. I was feeling very inadequate. The food seemed plain; I was not well put together; and I was afraid to forget something. “Your best is good enough. Now smile.”
Then there was that time that I was invited to speak on the Grocery Shrink at a what I thought was a small conference. When I arrived I found a huge auditorium with a full stage lined with colorful flags from many large countries. They had a huge projector screen and high tech audio visual equipment to go with it, and the room was filled with women. Then it hit me that the women were expecting me to be good. Aaak! “Your best is good enough. Smile.”
And the time when my very good friend asked me to deisgn and create 5 unique bridesmaid dresses out of VERY expensive orange silk. Oh the moments of self doubt that beset me. But I would take a deep breath and remind myself, “Your best is good enough.”
And the nights I sit by wee little beds and look at the beautiful children thinking how much of their future I hold in my hands. I tremble at the thought! In the darkness I hear the Holy Spirit whisper, “Your best is enough and I will make up the difference.”
You see, your best is all you can give. And it’s never perfect or enough, but somehow when we give our all, God makes up the difference. When it comes to our budget, keeping home, raising children, being a wife, being a friend–All we can offer is our best. And today’s best will be only a shadow of what tomorrow’s best can be as we grow and learn and stretch our skills.
Your Best is Good Enough.
What an encouraging, lovely post. Thank you for sharing. God doesn’t expect more than our best – He knows our frame, He knows what we are capable of, He knows it all. We just have to give everything our best and He will always do the rest. How true this is.
Sometimes it’s hard to remember that our best is all we can give…thanks for the much-needed reminder!
What a wonderful post. Thanks.
I needed to read this today – thank you.
What an encouraging and uplifting post! Thank you so much for the reminder.
Amen…….
Wonderful post. I needed to here that….sometimes I don’t do my best. Good kick in the rear!
Oh Angela! What a precious, God-glorifying, encouraging post! Thanks so much for that. I’m so blessed!
Lovely lesson. I wish that I had learned that one growing up – and I sincerely hope that is what I am now passing along to my own children….even if I have trouble with it myself!
Really needed to hear that. thanks!
This post brought tears to my eyes. I often feel frustrated by my own inability to reach to goals I set for myself. What a great reminder, both to do my best and to accept myself.