Why do we do it? Comparison, I am pretty sure might be the death of the woman race as we know it. Okay maybe not that bad, since it has been around for like – ever! I think of the account of Martha and Mary in the Bible, yep comparison! Yikes!
I have been feeling very convicted lately about my heart and the comparison that I do on a daily basis. “She is prettier than me. Her kids are better behaved than mine. Her house is so well kept. Her house is decorated way better than mine. She has is so much more together than me…” The list could go on and on. Just about everything in life can be put on the comparison scale and without fail my side of the scale will always look less than “Hers” who ever “Her” might be.
I know that with each item that I place on that comparison scale that I am telling God that He might have messed up, or got it wrong… maybe not intentionally however essentially. I need to get my heart and mind in a better place and learn to be comfortable in the season, place, and person that God has put me. That in no way diminishes the blessings however being mindful in my attempts to focus on those rather than my perceived flaws. Nothing good is going to come from my comparisons.
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