“Dear Abby,” wrote a woman named Rose, “I am forty-four and would like to meet a man my age with no bad habits.” To which Abby replied, “Dear Rose, so would I.” Of course, neither Rose nor Abby will ever meet that man with no bad habits. “Mr. Perfect” simply does not exist. And if you are looking for “Mrs. Perfect” or “Miss Perfect,” you’ll never find her either. We’re flawed human beings, all of us: no exceptions. In Biblical language, we are all sinners. “Be perfect, as your Heavenly Father is perfect,” Jesus said in the Sermon on the Mount. That’s our goal. That’s our ultimate destiny. That’s what we’re moving toward and growing into when we follow Jesus’…
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