The Pressure of Perfectionism
If you demand perfection, you’re probably going to focus on any possible flaw. Listen to June Hunt as she suggests replacing the demand for perfection with the desire for excellence.
If you demand perfection, you’re probably going to focus on any possible flaw. Listen to June Hunt as she suggests replacing the demand for perfection with the desire for excellence.
Listen as June Hunt talks with a young woman who grew up in the glare of an unforgiving spotlight. There was a need to be perfect all the time. Discover God’s desire that everyone understands His message of grace and knows His truth.
“Everything has a place and everything must be in its place. It’s my way or the highway!” Does this sound like someone you know? Could that someone be you? Listen as June Hunt starts the conversation with a look at the perfectionist in Martha from Luke chapter 10.
Listen as June Hunt talks with a young woman who grew up in the glare of an unforgiving spotlight. There was a need to be perfect all the time. Listen as June clearly explains God’s desire that everyone understands His message of grace and knows His truth.
“Everything has a place and everything must be in its place. It’s my way or the highway!” Does this sound like someone you know? Could that someone be you? Listen, as June Hunt starts the conversation with a look at the perfectionist in Martha, from Luke chapter 10.
So if you struggle with perfectionism, my prayer is that you will reexamine your true worth in the light of God’s Word—worth not based on “perfect performance.” And as you do, may you fully grasp God’s matchless grace and mercy to you ... and increasingly share them with others.
"I constantly feel that I am disappointing myself and others. I have high expectations that cause me to feel like a constant failure -- is it perfectionism? Is it depression? How do I change?"