Power of Words
Words are powerful. In the Judeo-Christian creation story, Creator speaks creation into existence and declares it good, not perfect (see Genesis 1–2). When I was in early elementary school, I experienced a pressure to be perfect. I now better understand how destructive perfectionism can be. Perfectionism distorts our identity — rooting our identity in looking and acting perfectly. Author Amy Julia Becker provided a helpful visual for how we construct our identity during the Covenant…
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