The world is shouting at us to be more. Strive. Achieve. Overachieve. Never stop pushing. As a family practice doctor, wife, and mother, Mikala Albertson appeared to be living a “perfect” life, but really her whole world was falling apart. Married seven years to an alcohol and drug addict while raising two young children and finishing residency, Mikala eventually reached a breaking point. And surrendered. In sifting through the shattered pieces of her life, she realized she had been chasing something that doesn’t exist. Perfect is pretend. And what she desperately needed to embrace was ordinary. A good, hard, messy, gritty, lovely, ordinary life.
In today’s episode, Mikala shares her heartfelt journey in a raw and revealing way as she invites you to lay down your own endless chase for perfection and embrace this beautiful, messy life exactly as it is with our perfect, loving God right by your side. What would it look like to stop pretending to be “perfect” and be ordinary? Instead of always feeling overwhelmed and alone, you might discover the beauty of a good, hard life grounded in the radiant hope of God’s unending love. Life happens in the ordinary, after all.
Quotes:
“The world tells us the message that life happens somewhere out there.”
“Perfect is pretend. I choose real.”
“I had no other choice but to surrender. I had come to an end of myself.”
“I was under the illusion of control. I thought if I made all the right choices then I would have the exact life I wanted.”
“I felt like I was failing at marriage, motherhood, my career, and my life. I had reached my breaking point.”
“I remember being so exhausted I just thought something had to change.”
“It felt devastating but it was the answer to my prayer.”
“When I surrendered perfect, I started a brand new relationship with Jesus.”
“I don’t need to attain or achieve anything to be loved by the creator of the universe.
“I’m learning to love myself through the eyes of how Jesus loves me.”
“When devastation comes, people want just one more ordinary day.”
“I don’t ever want to forget how extraordinary my ordinary life is.”
“There’s nothing unnoticed by God.”
“We can be love offerings by being ourselves. If we understood our own belovedness and treated others like they were beloved, it would change the world.”
Connect with Mikala:
https://www.ordinaryonpurpose.
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