Wonder Woman Has No Friends

Do I really need to say more?  It seems quite self-explanatory to me.  In our constant pursuit for perfection (or at least as close as we can get) how often do we stop and think what we are really striving for? 
We think it would be awesome to be perfect; preferably in as many areas as possible.  We want to be Wonder Woman, or Super Mom if you prefer the name, same thing.

We want to have a well decorated home, that is well kept and always clean.  Same with the kids, hubby and certainly ourselves - well decorated and clean.  Physically beautiful and fit?  You bet.  Wonder Woman so obviously is.  And haven’t you ever envied her ability to fly?  Wow, I sure have!  That has to make life easier.

But if I had to guess, being Wonder Woman is probably pretty lonely.  Who could measure up to all that? What would you talk about?  You probably wouldn’t want to invite her to your home to meet your husband.

So why do we find ourselves wishing to be like her?  Wanting to be found fantastic and amazing in every way?  Oh, how our hearts deceive us so easily.  Sinful desires creep in and lead us to into discontent with the blessings God has lovingly assigned to us.

It is truly a heart issue.  We begin to worry more about what others think of us or even what we think of ourselves over and above what God thinks of us.  We forget we are playing for an audience of one and we begin to act out dramatically for an imagined audience in our heads who have no sway over our value or identity.

The Bible tells us that we are vessels for him.  “For we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.” 1 Corinthians 4:7.  This treasure is disclosed in the verse prior, “For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.”

We are called to let the light of the treasure of Christ shine through our weaknesses, the thin spots in the clay.  Often the parts we don’t like on display. 

How could we show that the treasure (what is truly valuable) belongs to God and not to us if we were Wonder Woman or Super Mom?  We would get the credit when the hurting and dying world looks our way, trying to figure out just how we do it all.  We would be thieves, stealing glory due to God.

The beauty and display of Jesus comes from weak vessels displaying greatness that could only come from someone greater.  This is why God tells Paul, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” And Paul says, “Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”  Amen to that.  We should actually boast in our weakness, ladies, not our strengths.

As I think about my closest friends and imagine them next to Wonder Woman, I have to laugh.  They don’t compare either, and I love it that way!  Praise God, he has been lovingly creative with us.  Our lives of imperfection can speak volumes of the grace of Jesus Christ and how he alone makes us wonderful and super.
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We were not created to be like Wonder Woman or the fictitious Super Mom, we were created to have a need for a savior.  Our lives and even our bodies were created exactly the way they are in order to produce the most glory for God possible in our lives.  This is what true beauty is all about, reflecting the beauty of Christ.  I enCOURAGE you to look for it in those around you, your sisters in Christ.  Look for it in yourself.