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TO BE PERFECT
From Doug Webster: “To “be perfect” in the sense that Jesus means it, is to make room for growth, for the changes that bring us maturity, to ripeness. To mature is to lose adolescent self- consciousness so as to be able to make a gift of oneself, as a parent, as teacher, friend, spouse. The difference between cut rural and biblical perfection is the difference between cosmetics and character, etiquette and ethics, interior decorating and heartfelt devotion. It is the difference between cut-flowers and the tree of righteousness. One form of perfection is preoccupied with the latest fashions and the other is concerned with enduring faithfulness.”