Perfection: Third week of Lent

At the end of Matthew chapter 5 Jesus tells us to be perfect as our Heavenly Father is perfect. This scripture is not separated from the passages around it but part of the passages around it. Leading up to this particular passage Jesus has given us direction on what the Jewish laws really mean, what is at the heart at each law. The heart of each that he touches on is to treat humans as humans, we can’t dehumanize them. So maybe perfection is a lot about how we treat others, maybe perfection is about the way we LOVE others. Maybe instead of ignoring this verse we need to ask God to show us how to love in the ways He did. Maybe that is how we can live out this verse.