Comparison Day

Some people call this Valentine’s Day!  Some people jokingly call it Single’s Awareness Day!  But, if we’re not careful it will become “Comparison Day” where we spend more time wishing for what we see than appreciating what is right before our eyes.  It is so easy to get caught up in comparing ourselves with other people… We compare our friends to other peoples’ friends.  We compare our car to others’ car.  We compare our house. Our relationship.  Our marriage.  Our job.  Our hair. Our clothes.  Our ________ (you fill in the blank).   You name it and we compare it! (Especially as women!!!)  We compare what we see… but we don’t compare the struggle to get what we see.  You don’t know what they had to go through (or still have to go through) to get and keep what they have! 

Comparison so often leads us to discontentment and discouragement… especially when we look around at what other people have and we make THEIR LIVES THE STANDARD by which we choose to live!  But, the truth of the matter is that life is NOT one size fits all…. People in the world can measure what fits their life by looking at each other, but, in the body of Christ, we must fix our eyes on Jesus!  Jesus is the standard.  Jesus determines what fits our life and what fits our future!  When we are pressured to meet other’s expectations, we have to keep in mind that we are governed by a wholeeee nother set of standards.  Say to them, “one size fits y’all…” but not ALL!!!

Galatians 1:10 says, “For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.”

No more comparison.  Happy Valentine’s Day!!! Xoxo.

RLB