The command "Be ye prfect" is not idealistic gas. Nor is it a command to do the impossible. He said (in the Bible) that we were "gods" and he is going to make good his words. He will make us into a god or goddess, a dazzling, radiant, immortal creature...a bright stainless mirror which reflects back to God perfectly.

The cross comes before the crown, and tomorrow is a Monday morning.

Why should man expect his prayer for mercy to be heard by What is above him when he shows no mercy to what is below him?

But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, All losses are restored and sorrows end.

If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience.