Wow. I feel like every single time I come to write on this blog, I realize how long it has been and each time I'm suprised. In fact, I was about to name this post it's been a while until I saw that was exactly the same titleas my last post! Oh boy.
I just came on here to write about a sort of epiphany I had this week. Usually, I would write about this in my journal but I didn't want it to be hidden away in my journal forever. I have been journaling every day and I love journaling but by the time I have written in my journal and I have written all of my school assignments for the day, I normally just want to be done with words for the rest of that day, so I haven't blogged in a really long time. Anyways, back to my realization for this week. I was writing a paper that wasn't due for a while but I knew was going to be a long, tough process. We were supposed to analyze The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Spoiler Alert: Basically it is about a woman who has a mark on her face and many people think it is beautiful but her husband is absolutely repulsed by it. He is a scientist so he makes this concoction for his wife to drink that he believes will make the birthmark go away. The wife does not mind her scar as much as the husband does but she wants to make him happy so she drinks it. Contrary to what the husband thinks, the concoction kills the wife and the husband is now very sad that he killed the wife. Okay, now you're probably asking why on earth I would tell you all this, so let me do my best to explain. It is our human nature to strive for perfection. But we live in this insanely imperfect, mortal world that prevents us from attaining that perfection that we want so badly. The frustrating part is that sometimes we know exactly what to do to be perfect but it is humanly impossible! I have an idea of what I need to do to become perfect. The only issue is that perfection is impossible to achieve on my own. Now, if that were where the story ended, I would be completely devistated. But then we get down to the good news... The good news is that our falling short of perfection is most certainly not where the story ends. The good news is that for those times when we know that we are utterly imperfect, we have Christ's atonement to make up the difference. I know that there are so many areas in which I fall short. I have realized over and over again that no matter how hard I try to be perfect, I am not and will simply never be on my own. But I believe that this is just fine because through Christ's atonement, I have a shot at returning to live with my Father in Heaven again. Okay. That's my spiel. Until next time, homies!
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My name is Ellie. I am a sophomore at BYU Idaho. I am excited to live life and to share a small piece of it with you!
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