The Best You Can Be

I recently returned home from a three week summer choir tour. Although I was only able to participate for about one week, I learned so many things about myself, my friends, and my Lord. It was truly a blessing to meet these wonderful people and share stories and struggles. This is my second year in this choir, but it was still so overwhelmingly amazing to be involved. I have many memories from this past week, however, there is one idea in particular that has "stuck" with me the most:

"The best you can be is the only thing that is good enough." ~The director of my choir

I spent a large amount of time thinking about these words and here's what I came up with.

~ This statement is a main theme of how God wants us to live our lives. He has called us to give our 100% for Him. Anything less shows that we are not fully committed to living out God's plan for our lives.

~ We can live out this statement in every aspect of our lives. These words aren't simply for one or two areas in our lives. God calls us to do everything in life for His glory.* That is an incredibly huge responsibility! But it is also a life-giving gift from God. Life is so short; why would we want to cheat ourselves by performing less than our ability and potential?

~ "Good enough" This quote doesn't say: "The best you can be is perfect." We, as humans, cannot be perfect. Only in Heaven when we are right there with Jesus will we understand the true meaning of the word perfection. It may be easy to give up living the best we can because there is no way to reach perfection. However, our loving Lord calls us to give our 100% for the Kingdom of Heaven because that is the only thing that is good enough. He knows our every move, thought, and action. We may make mistakes in this life on earth, but God can see when we are giving our ALL for Him!


Thank you to my choir director for sharing this with all of us. It was truly a blessing to be involved in this summer choir tour and I miss everyone already! God's blessings!

* "So whether you eat or drink, do it all for the glory of God."  ~ 1 Corinthians 10:31