When I first joined the World Race, I was kind of guilty of comparison…
I didn’t know any of my race squad yet, but I compared myself to them anyway. Afraid that in comparison, my walk in faith wasn’t as strong or enough. Super lame, but my mind went there.
Comparison is something I struggled with a lot in the past. Comparing beauty, intelligence, strength, abilities, relationships, and faith to those around me.
One of the things that helped me through that was my faith. I try to catch myself doing it, and when I do I remind myself that God doesn’t care how I look next to another. He created me as I am, and what I am is enough.
Recently I’ve been talking with other people (including my team) about faith and life… What we believe, our testimonies, what gets us through the good/bad, and prayer requests during rough patches.
It’s a humbling reminder that even though someone may be further along in their walk with God, they aren’t perfect either and deal with problems of their own too.
We all have our hard days, things we fight with, things we struggle to reach out for help on.. present company included.. and that’s totally okay.
We aren’t meant to be perfect humans. We were not made to be copies of other people.. We each have our own blessings given to us for a purpose. What you are handed will be useful to you in to you in God’s timing. So count your blessing and not those of other people.
As Roosevelt said: “Comparison is the thief of joy.”
