Hey everyone is Leslie Lutie, hosted the Set-A-Part-Gull podcast biblical encouragement for women of all ages.

Today we're going to dive into a really important topic for today's women,

excellence versus perfectionism.

I think so many of us are under this pressure of perfectionism

and the temptation is to swing to the opposite extreme

and say, well, I can't live under that kind of

perfectionism I can't be perfect so I'm going to swing and become

mediocre in everything I do mediocre in my spiritual life and mediocre in my lifestyle and just sort of

reject this idea that I need to rise up and give my best to anything and that's

something I see happening in so many women's lives. There is a huge difference

between godly excellence and human perfectionism and that's what I want to look at

today and how to really approach this area of our lives in a way that honors God.

Now exercising early in the morning really is not one of my favorite things to do.

I know people who just jump out of bed and just have so much energy.

They have their running shoes right by their bed and they just go for a morning jog within 15

minutes of being awake.

And that's really not me.

But the only way I can get exercise is to do it early in the

morning and so when it's early you know 530 or 6 a.m. and I've dragged myself out

of bed to try to do an early morning workout, I often need the extra motivation of

someone peppy and excited, reminding me to work hard and push myself.

So whether that's going to a class or doing a workout DVD I always look for an instructor who has a lot of

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