COMPARISON
In the words of Alice Blake… “Comparisons a killer so let’s shut this mother down!!”
Comparison can be many things…. a thief of joy…. a purpose distractor…
To some extent we all deal with comparison. The more I see it in my own life, I realise it eats me up. Comparison creeps into the corners of our lives and then, slowly but surely, begins to consume us.
Comparison makes us feel less than, and unfulfilled. We all have different lives to live, and comparison has a way of making us feel like we should all have the same function, the same purpose, the same life.
I recently read this description of comparison, and I thought I would share..
“Comparison tells us that what they have should be ours and because they have it we can’t. It tells us that we are behind or ahead of our peers, implying that we can only be ahead or behind. In comparison, there is no implication that what they have can be there’s and we can having something for us too. In comparison, there is no focusing on what God alone has for me and the journey He has me on because it focuses us on keeping up with other”.
Comparison can sink in deep, it can rob every aspect of our life if we allow it to. That is why it is important to remember……
YOU WERE UNIQUELY CREATED, WITH A UNIQUE PURPOSE!!!!!!!!!
“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful; I know that full well.” Psalms 139:13- 14.
When we truly believe this, we can cheer each other on in their accomplishments and successes, blessings and dreams, even if they are the same things we want. God has MASSIVE plans for your life, so their blessings don’t take away from ours, their accomplishments DO NOT mean we’re behind.
So, let’s throw away comparison because aside from being destructive, it has no validity when brought to the light of the truth that God has a plan for YOU.
Ariella
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