Pebbles of Grace
We live in a society where there is a high expectation on people that we look up to, thinking and taking them to be someone who should be faultless: just perfect. The pressure is more for those actively involved in church ministries, social works and public leaders and therefore, many a times we put on mask, a façade of perfection: a perfect relation, a perfect leader and one having it all packed together a life of no flaws. Yet underneath it all, we might be walking around all broken in soul and spirit, burdened with our failures and struggles and ashamed to show it to the world. I believe it is fine to not be perfect; it is only when we admit our brokenness, our faults and our frailties, that we not only heal, but give courage to others to heal as well. The pebbles we might have in our shoe right now—may be strained relationships, financial hardship, sickness, exhaustion, anxiety, death of a loved one. Pebbles hurt especially when we have to wear it for a ve...