As recently illustrated in the Barbie movie, the modern woman (and perhaps all women) can turn themselves inside out trying to perfect being perfect. In the end, not only is it not possible, it isn’t even helpful. The only way to perfect anything is with God. He promises perfect peace and perfect faithfulness. What could be more perfect?

How often do we do things out of habit? We can go through our days, weeks, lives without asking why. Jesus challenged the way a lot of people thought about God. Which shouldn’t be a surprise since God said way back in Isaiah that His thoughts and ways were higher than ours. This Lenten season, let’s take a rest from operating on autopilot.