“You are perfect in all of your ways”
If you’re not familiar with the song this line is from, then this sign could be misinterpreted in an egocentric way. It could be misconstrued as an affirmation to an individual as some sort of ego-boost. “Hey, you’re great! You’re perfect! Keep being you!”
……SOO wrong, and definitely not the intent of this sign or the song it’s from.
When we first found out we were having triplets, to be completely honest, I was pretty upset. That was not my plan and not what I had ever imagined. I didn’t know how that was going to work. How do you take three babies to the grocery store or on lunch dates as I had planned in my perfect little world. I cried for about a week thinking that this was impossible and how are we going to do it? We would have to move; we would have to get a new car.
One day as I was driving to work, this song came on the radio. It was “Good Good Father” by Chris Tomlin. It stopped me in my tracks and reminded me that He is so so good, and He is perfect in all of his ways. His plan all along was so perfect for us and I just couldn’t see it. This song was a reminder that he was taking care of us and that He chose this life for us. He chose our story. He chose us to be parents of those three precious little girls.
There have been so many other instances since then where I have been reminded of his goodness and his perfect ways. When things seem hard and overwhelming and I’m frustrated that things didn’t go my way, sometimes I can see that he’s doing something bigger in that. In the lives of my friends who are still walking through infertility and who have experienced miscarriage and all the pain that comes with that, I know that He is still a good good father and that He is perfect and all of his ways and that He is doing something big in their lives.
I love having this constant reminder in my living room for the hard days, the days when I’m on the verge of losing it with my toddlers who have had poopy accidents all morning, or whined nonstop for the past 3 hours. The days when I lose sight of who I am in Christ and what my purpose is anymore. To be reminded that He is constantly working, that His plans are far better than anything we could create for ourselves, that He is God and sovereign and absolutely perfect in all of His ways.