Peace Over Perfection: Enjoying a Good God When You Feel You're Never Good Enough Several days before Christmas 2003

Several days before Christmas 2003

of a killer who wishes by his action to set himself outside and above society

and Stephen King next to some beloved greats of the literary form: Raymond Carver

both east and west

For those who have a disdain for birds

Peace Over Perfection: Enjoying a Good God When You Feel You're Never Good Enough Several days before Christmas 2003Many Christians, often without even realizing it, struggle with a type of Christian perfectionism. We strive to please God but are plagued with anxiety about making mistakes. We want to do God's will but live with a self berating inner voice even as we seek to serve him. We sincerely believe the gospel and love Jesus but struggle with never feeling good enough before God. How can Christians wholeheartedly pursue God without an undercurrent of guilt,