Monday, December 5, 2011

Comparisons

Recently I overheard someone describe me as being a creative person! I remember being surprised, as I really don't consider  myself to be particularly creative, at least compared to other people.

Exactly, that's it, we spend so much time comparing ourselves to other people that we can't see who we are? We can't see the unique person that Christ has made us to be.
It seems it is much easier for us to see ourselves as other things which aren't always positive.
Inadequate, unlovable, worthless, failure, weak, small, boring, unattractive, stupid and the list could go on! When we think on these things and let them take root in our lives, we start to believe them! As we continue to compare ourselves to other people around us, we become disillusioned  with ourselves and other people.
And when we believe these lies we feed ourselves,  it affects  our relationship with others and more importantly with God.

 Thankfully God reminds us in His word :

"I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
   your works are wonderful,
   I know that full well.  "
Psalm 139:14


Therefore if He has made us then we can't be all these things, because we are made in His image. It is so easy for each of us to fall into a negative pattern of thinking that does nothing for ourselves but drag us down and takes our focus of who God is and the purposes He has for each one of us.
One of my favorite verses is

"Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."
Philipians 4 :8 

I write out of personal experience, but I am thankful that God uses His word to speak truth into my life and to know that none of that stuff is true about any of us!

 A picture of me helping my son be creative decorating his gingerbread house at school

4 comments:

Julieanne said...

Looks like M was having a fun time with the gingerbread house! Loved reading your post, Jayne. So true.

Julieanne
http://www.JoyInOurJourney.com

Karen said...

Where is my little boy? Have you disguised him behind that hair cut? Now I must get used to my little man!

As Christians, we must constantly strive to improve our walk, and our talk! You do that when you spot those areas, when our Lord shows you, where you need to let go of negative thoughts. That is a life-long endeavour! Trust your 65 year old friend!

KI said...

AMEN!

Dawn Hall said...

Another beautiful post. When will we stop comparing ourselves to one another and begin to see the beauty in the the unique and complex design our Maker gave each of us. Our complexity makes a beautiful tapestry as He weaves us all together.