"Comparison is the thief of joy." I have heard this statement so many times, but it never rang true until more recent years for me. When I was younger, I think I was insecure, but I was insecure and did not compare. As I have gotten older I have realized how much comparison can rule my own life.
With all the social media outlets we have now, comparison is a hard thing not to do. It is easy to see all the amazing, great things going on in other peoples lives, while we sit back and think our own lives suck. Don't compare your behind the scenes moments to someone else's highlight reels.
When we base our lives off of someone else's great moments, we forget that those people too have a behind the scenes life. I am not saying to blind there good moments knowing they have bad, I am saying that people have reached their good moments, by going through bad. I am a walking testament of bad relationship because of comparison. I walked through a couple years of my life assuming certain people had everything right and their lives were perfect, but this was not the case. ALL people have their battles, all people have their grief and sadness. When we learn to realize we are all a big hot mess who need a Savior, we become better.
I tend to compare myself to people who have a life I was I had. This thinking is bad for myself, my relationships and my relationship with God. When I begin to think someone else has a better life, I begin to think God loves them more or has favor for them. This is AWFUL thinking. God does not love anyone more, God loves, bottom line. When I begin to compare His blessings, I lose faith in His goodness and that is something I cannot afford to lose.
In my fight with my comparison to others, I have realized that just because people get what I want at the time I want it, does not mean God loves me less or He doesn't care about my desires, it means His timing is SOO much better than mine.
And so I rest in this peace that God is teaching me: He will give me what I want and what I need in His timing which is best for me, far more than I know or understand.
"All my dreams, all my plans, Lord I leave them in Your hands."
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