Part 2

REVELATION...

As I started praying and meditating I kept hearing “But He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.” ~ 2 Corinthians 12:9. I continued to marinate on that scripture as I struggled in my new role as a working mother; while still trying to maintain my identity as a daughter, friend, physician, and sister.


Then (in quiet bathroom meditation and reflection—you gotta fit it in whenever you can) I came across 2 Japanese concepts Wabi-Sabi and Kintsukuroi.


Wabi-Sabi as I understand is a way of living realizing there is beauty in imperfection. While Kintsukuroi is the process where broken pottery or ceramics are repaired with gold or silver and that object is more beautiful due to its imperfection.


Perfection, a state of flawlessness that we all try to achieve, began to take on a new form and meaning for me. From childhood I was taught “Practice makes perfect.” Perfection then became my goal, my benchmark. But what if the concept of perfection was not prosaic; what if it were fluid? What if it wasn’t predicated on flawlessness but was rooted in something more?


I have strived and continue to strive to “press toward the mark” {Philippians 3:14-15} of perfection in the static sense. However as I live my life as a whole, not a part, and as I press further in the scriptures God is revealing to me that there is beauty and treasure in my imperfectness.


I am a broken vessel and God in His wisdom, love, and grace is consistently repairing me with precious metals and I become more beautiful in my brokenness, a more perfect reflection of His grace.