Loving My Life

I love to read, and I am currently reading a book I've had for a while.  I was given a copy of Rachel Cruze's Love Your Life, Not Theirs. I LOVE it.  Ever since right before marriage I've been a big Dave Ramsey fan (thanks to an accountant husband who listens to Dave).  I'm not far into her book yet, but I'm really really loving it.  Rachel has not even begun to speak of financial principles yet, but is delving into a huge problem in the world today.  The problem of comparison. 

This is such an easy trap to fall into.  We see everyone's highlight real on facebook and instagram.  Pinterest is a social media platform I would not have said opens the door for comparison.  I use pinterest mainly to gather new recipe ideas depending on how my husband and I are choosing to eat at any given moment.  However, I do occasionally pin décor ideas and "pretty" things and food.  While it does not always lead me down a road of comparison, it definitely can leave me a little unsettled.  I'll pin DIY ideas that I never DIY.  Later, the thought of what I left undone makes me feel like a failure. 

Why do we compare ourselves to each other? To our friends, or the professional blogger just a click away?

I am learning much about the Lord through time spent in his word, and the theme of today's lesson in Discerning the Voice of God is that God is truth.  Everything he says is true because that is his nature.  Priscilla makes the point that Ice is Water.  Ice cannot exist apart from water.  God is truth, he cannot exist apart from truth.  Therefore, what God says about me must be true.

I have become the righteousness of God in Christ:
God made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we would become the righteousness of God (2 Corinthians 5:21).

I have been blessed with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places:
Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ (Ephesians 1:3).

I could go on, but I'll stop there.  Because it MUST be true that I have become the righteousness of Christ and have received spiritual blessings, there is NO room for comparing myself with others. 

Striving to do my best and live as a good steward of my resources is valuable.  Comparing myself with others is not. 

I find myself falling into that trap as a mom.  However, I am learning to rest in the truth found in God's word.