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Perfection kills potential

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Think about the last time you felt stirred to try something new. Do you remember the excitement that you felt? The way you smiled as you considered all the ways that new venture could change you and others around you?

When we have a dream, we always see it in its best-case scenario. So, why don’t more of those world-changing dreams come true? The perfection that we see in our minds kills the potential.

Rarely does the reality match the dream at the beginning. The boy who dreams of hitting the winning shot in the NBA championship has to learn how to dribble. The young girl who dreams of starting her own global brand has to learn how to organize. The parents who dream of raising a future president have to learn how to change a diaper.

Beginnings look nothing like endings, and if we compare our beginnings to other people’s endings, our dreams will never even get off the ground.

If God’s given you a dream, then He’s also giving you the power to achieve it. Every dream has the potential to become a reality as long as we don’t allow our need for perfection to kill it.

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October 2, 2021by Paul Jenkins
Written by Paul Jenkins
Paul Jenkins is lead pastor of The Gathering, a community church located in beautiful downtown Albemarle, North Carolina. He's the author of God is My Air Traffic Controller and My Name's Not Lou. Paul is passionate about his wife, his 3 children, running, reading, coaching, leading people who are following Jesus, Swedish Fish and the Carolina Panthers.