No one likes a dent in their fender or rip in their jeans. It implies imperfection, and we can’t have that.

Then, why do they imprint those little dimples all over golf balls? Wouldn’t those little balls look more perfect if they were smooth?

An aeronautical engineer who designs golf balls says a perfectly smooth ball would travel only about 130 yards off the tee. But the same ball with the right kinds of dimples will fly twice that far (like tiny wings). These apparent “flaws” minimize the ball’s air resistance and allow it to travel much further.

You no doubt have a few physical characteristics you wish you were born without. It’s difficult to see any “imperfections” that might be there for a purpose and a part of the Master’s design. Yet the psalmist wrote of God’s creative marvel in the womb, when he penned, “You formed my inward parts” (Psalm 139:13″, and “Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed” (v. 16). In spite of this, he said, “I will praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made” (v. 14).

Don’t be ashamed of the “dimples” God has placed in your life. They’re there so you can glorify God like no one else.

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