We Have Enough on Our Plate Already~

I am a book nerd. I love to read and would rather do that than just about any other activity. I am one of those who gets very sad as I read the last page. My favorite books are spy novels. I have six authors whose books I read, and sometimes I get all the characters confused. One of the side effects of all this reading is that I sometimes have vivid dreams. Just last week I was in Libya launching a rocket grenade at heroin smugglers.


In my dreams I am thin, fit, fast, a weapons expert, highly intelligent, and sassy.

Then I wake up, and I am mostly sassy. And that is ok. I am who I am, and I have learned that one of the secrets to contentment is to not compare myself with anyone.

We have spoken about this before. That tendency to compare my body with someone else's. Or my kids with someone else's. My income with someone else's. My spouse with someone else's. My career, my friends, my dog... It's an exercise in futility because nothing productive will come out of it.

"When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are not wise." (Ouch!) 2 Corinthians 10:12

The reason this topic has come up again is because of a conversation I recently had with someone who was very very frustrated with a situation in her family and started off by saying, "I wish we were more like..."

"STOP IT!" I yelled.


I think we all have enough on our plate already. Let's not make room for a serving of jealousy or envy.

What I will do is be grateful for what I have and ask God to make it the very best it can be. Will you join me?

PRAYER:
Dear Lord, We all have areas of our lives that are far from perfect. But rather than waste precious energy dwelling on how good everyone else seems to have it, we ask for Your help in making improvements in our own circumstances. Give us wisdom, understanding, and patience so that we make the right decisions. In Jesus' name, AMEN~