There is a huge difference between gleaning from someone you admire versus someone you consistently measure yourself to always feeling like you’re not as good as they are. I don’t know about you, but when I start to compare myself to others, I immediately feel defeated. It’s like a dark cloud of torment hovers over my head chanting lies and waiting for me to give in. I’m no longer in a place where I’m excited about my own creative space or even giving myself credit for how far I’ve come from the starting point. Everything I’ve worked towards is swallowed up by the voice of comparison. I begin to start picking apart every detail I so carefully put together until there’s literally nothing left. Does this sound familiar? First you were defeated because you didn’t feel like what you had was good enough and then you feel defeated because you don’t have anything at all. We’ve heard it said before that comparison is the thief of joy, right? I’d like to add that it’s the inability to see value in one’s own uniqueness. If we’re constantly comparing ourselves to another person, it’s obvious we haven’t found joy in being who God created us to be. We are busy looking to the left and right sabotaging ourselves with hopes that will somehow give us the motivation we need to become the best version of ourselves. Instead, we send the message to our soul that WE ARE NOT ENOUGH.
It is safe to say that unhealthy comparison is not our friend.
If comparison is something you’ve given your mind over to, it’s time to shake it off. Let me tell you, YOU ARE ENOUGH. What you offer is good enough and who you bring into the spaces you’ve been invited into is good enough. I don’t care what the enemy tries to tell you, you’re still needed. There’s enough space for everyone to be who they were designed to be. As we move forward with God and in the things of God, I declare our joy will not be snuffed out by our lack of confidence. We will turn to our Creator to fill every void that has been revealed in our hearts. Meditate on this verse: “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.” Ephesians2:10NASB1995
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