They're skinnier.
A better cook.
A more loving mom.
All of the ways that someone else might be "better" than me. I am reduced to "less than".
but in all of this comparing, there HAVE to be moments when I do measure up. When the verdict isn't less than, but more than. Because what motivation would I have to play a game that I always lose?
There are people that I have labeled as "weird". People whose opinion I don't ask for because I don't take them seriously. People who I avoid sitting with at lunch. Or people that I feel the need to fix.
I am not advocating for trophies for everyone.
I am advocating for seeing people through the eyes of Jesus instead of a Soccer coach or a college admissions board. Or a mean girl.
Comparison is wrong in both contexts.
Not because of what you believe, or how alike we are or any other thing about you.
God's promise that I am fearfully and wonderfully made and his workmanship, are promises to you too. And if I am committed to living in His promises for me, I have to acknowledge and live in His promises for you too.
The former is not truly possible without the latter.
Comparison is wrong in both contexts.
So, in all of this "finding my identity in Christ", I am committing to finding yours there too.
Not because of what you believe, or how alike we are or any other thing about you.
God's promise that I am fearfully and wonderfully made and his workmanship, are promises to you too. And if I am committed to living in His promises for me, I have to acknowledge and live in His promises for you too.
The former is not truly possible without the latter.
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