Don’t Wait ‘Til You’re Perfect

Until today, I’d always seen Sarah (Abraham’s wife) in such a perfect light.  When I thought of her, a perfect woman came to mind….and of course the words “Mother of Nations”.  Rightly so, because this is the woman that God chose amongst them all to bear the nation of God, Abraham and Sarah were the first Israelites, the entire nation came through them (that’s huge)….they are the mother and father of God’s people! 

Anyway, I was reading Hagar’s story and it only clicked today that Sarah was far from being a Ms Holy Perfect Goody-two-shoes 😳.  

Firstly, there was that whole shenanigan between her and Abraham, when they decided she would pretend she’s Abraham’s sister, and then got married off to the Pharoah…..*smh*….I mean, really!

Secondly…..one of the things that shook me is that throughout scripture you see that the people who have been mightily used by God had a lot of faith…..like Abel, Noah, Abraham, Moses, you name them…..  But here was Sarah…..mightily used by God….and yet when God told her she’d give birth to a son, she (probably rolled her eyes and) laughed!  Like “Yeah right God, a woman of my age, you’ve got to be kidding me” ….and then when asked about it, she denied it 😄.  (Side note: this conversation cracks me up ….God: Why did Sarah laugh? Sarah: I didn’t laugh. God: No, but you did laugh. <Like, really?? Are we having this conversation…..with God? Lol!>)

Okay, so back to the point lol!…..we can see there’s no faith there. 

And then thirdly, there’s the way she treated Hagar…..to cut a long story short, she basically offered her up to Abraham to impregnate her, and then basically abused and oppressed her after that until she couldn’t take it anymore and ran away 😳.  Now that totally destroyed that perfect “Mother of the Nations” image I had of her……had I not been reading my bible all along? 

Anyway, all of this really got me thinking about how God uses the most imperfect people to accomplish His purposes.  We really don’t need to wait until we sort ourselves out, or work on our relationship with God, or stop doing this and that, before God can use us.   If God could use Sarah in the mighty way that He did, in the state that she was in…..then surely He can use you and I in the state that we’re in.  Don’t wait ’til you’re perfect.  You’re perfect. 

This Is Not An Anti-Abortion Post

It’s just thoughts that I had when I went for my 12 week baby scan.  I am personally not for abortion though. 

Anyway, a few weeks ago I went for an ultra sound scan, on the day my baby turned 12 weeks.  Looking at the scan, I was so amazed at how much this little person was so developed at just 12 weeks.  We could literally see all the limbs and stuff….just 5cm big but the baby was so well formed, from the shape, we could tell what what was, we could clearly see the head, the body, the legs, the arms, the heart beating, the brain, and even the little stumps where the fingers and toes were starting to grow ❤️

And then I had this sad thought……I thought about our abortion laws….and how the day before it would’ve been just ‘ok’ to kill this person (before 12 weeks, abortion is legal)……and how some people justify it by saying that at that stage it’s not a person but just an embryo ….but here I was looking at this Person…..his heart beating, his brain functional, him moving around and sucking on his thumb…..and I was just sad…..truly sad……