An Imperfect Blessing
On Sunday I saw a good movie about Florence Foster Jenkins, an influential
socialite of the 1940's. She lived with
the delusion that she was an excellent singer.
In fact her singing was about a 2 on a scale from 1 to 10….1 being awful.
But she was lovable. I was
touched by the movie and her story. In
spite of her many sour notes, there were people whom she loved and who cared
deeply about her too.
Two weeks ago I heard about a book called: The Spirituality
of Imperfection, by Ernest Kurtz and Katherine Ketcham. I never thought of ‘imperfection’ as a good
thing. But now I like that idea. The truth is that I will always be anal-retentive
and stubborn and worried about something …it’s just me. Those are some of my sour notes…part of the total
package of ‘Ron’.
I’m so grateful that God and some good friends love that
total package.
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