Perfection is not required

Practice makes perfect. We made record time today. It usually takes 16 hours to get a mission team to our home base in Los Fresnos, Texas where we stay in a church dorm, but the trip home can be done in 14 hours. 14 hours 10 minutes was our time today. Don’t worry – no speeding was involved. The new bypass around Austin, great directions, a medicine bottle with 24 quarters (thanks Bill), and 2 stops at McDonalds for meals helped us make great time.
But perfection is not a requirement for a successful mission trip. Cara said it well today when she said, “Jesus should have also said, ‘Where two or more are gathered in my name mistakes will be made.’” We have made some over the years. But we have also learned a few things which helped us make good time today.
Tomorrow is a new day. God does not require perfection – two commandments will do: The first is to love the Lord your God with all of your heart, soul, strength, and mind and the second is to love your neighbor as yourself. So we will do our best and then we will be gentle with ourselves and the others in this group.