Live Counter-culturally: Step Back from Perfection and Step Forward into Community
It's become a cultural obsession for us to have our lives completely put together on social media. It always seems so much easier to pretend that life is perfect than to admit you have problems. But, oh my friend, how much you miss out on when you are trying to pretend your life is perfect. Social media has created a fake world where we hide our real, messy lives behind screens. We only show the things that we want everyone to see. Newsflash: the "best self" you put on Instagram is not your real self. You are miserable, you are tired, all because you can't seem to put out the perfect image anymore when your real life isn't reflecting that perfection at all. I know, because I was you. I still am you on many days. Before I say anything else, you need Jesus. You need to run hard to Jesus and recognize that perfection is impossible because we are sinners in need of a perfect Savior. But friend, once you've recognized you...