In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith-of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire-may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.1 Peter 1:6-7
My sister coined this phrase and I thought how it would make a great devotion particularly for those addicted to ‘perfect life’ movies. Life is not a movie. Movies are good escapes to get away from your life for awhile and I love going to them.
Everything in life is not like a Lifetime or Hallmark movie. Things are not perfect and predictable. Life presents twists and turns. To live an airbrushed version of life is not a good thing. You have to realize that stuff happens and you can indeed bounce back. There isn’t a perfect anything. Families have issues, co workers can irritate, things break, and it is good to not make assumptions or fabricate ideas in your head as reality quickly sets in. Get up and be thankful for your family, your friends, and even the ups and downs. God loves you hang on to that and charge ahead focusing on lifting up the name of Jesus.
Don’t set yourself up for disappointment and discouragement by patterning your day to day life on perfection or comparisons with others. Live for Jesus and let life fall into place. Wake up praising Him. Take time to pray which is simply a conversation with God. Read the word. Don’t base life on a fantasy that may never happen. Stay encouraged and thankful.
PRAYER: Lord Jesus it would be fun sometimes to have life like a Hallmark movie but reality is junk happens in life. It is the bouncing back that makes the story of life genuine. I pray for any who struggle with issues and losses that in time their hearts may be healed. Help me guard against fabricating a fairy tale life. In Jesus’ life. Amen.
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