Have you ever looked at someones life and thought, if only I could be them for just one day? Which of course leads to an entire list of "if onlys"....
Women especially are so good at this! If only I had their hair, if only I had their clothes, if only I had their confidence and talents. And the "if onlys" only get more serious the further you go..... if only I had their children, if only I had their spouse......if only I had their life.
Before we know it we've compared ourselves to believe we could never be as amazing as this other person and we've buried our self esteem 6 feet under in the dirt.
Why do we do this to ourselves?
Galatians 6:4 says, “Each of you should test your own actions. Then you can take pride in yourself, without comparing yourself to somebody else.”
I know God has a specific lane for me and a race for me to run within that lane. When I start trying to dip into someone else's lane, not only do I mess up my race, but I mess up their race as well! The thing we must remember is God has made us all in His image to use our lives to glorify Him. He has made us all to run our own race with the talents and giftings He has placed within us. And the most incredible thing about that is this; the talents and giftings you have, I may not have and what I have, you may not have so we work together as a big team to see Gods will accomplished here on the earth!!
Funny how God knows exactly what He's doing isn't it?! ;)
Choose today to be uniquely you....exactly who God created you to be, doing exactly what God created you to do.
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