Hello Dear Readers!
It sure has been a hot minute since I've last written but I'm glad you're here and still trudging through life with me. There are still several unknowns that I'm embracing and running after. I'd like to chat for a bit about comparison in this world. I recently went to a women's conference called Sparkle in Minneapolis and the whole focus was on originality. A lot of times, I feel like we forget that we are all extremely unique. Even identical twins have differences. We are each made original in the image of God. I've always tried to focus on my unique characteristics but I've felt trapped in a bubble recently. A bubble of conforming to what society says about me. There are so many ways we can compare ourselves now. Social media plays a huge roll in comparison today. Whether you're connected or not the feeling to compare yourself with others is there. I don't know why this feeling is so prevalent in today's life. I really wish it wasn't, to be honest, but I actually think it's always been this way, especially for women. Since the beginning of time women have been comparing themselves to other women. We see a woman walking down the street looking super trendy and we decide we need to be her or change who we are so that we can conform. I have fallen in this trap countless times. It's easy to scroll through Instagram and feel inadequate compared to everyone else. That's a really crummy feeling and not what God wants for us. He wants us to embrace our uniqueness. Our individuality is what God loves so much. Something that really stuck out to me at the Sparkle Conference was that "God doesn't love us equally, He loves us uniquely." God has designed us all in a way that is unlike anyone else. He wants us to embrace who we are and not try to be anyone else. Since we are all so different and have different needs that is why He chooses to love us deeply and uniquely. He cannot love all of us the same because we are all so different. So, thinking of the millions of people in the world, He chooses to love every single one of us unconditionally. That is so much love to go around it's crazy to think about. Imagining God's heart makes my own heart stir a little bit. It's really unfathomable. I never really thought about my uniqueness before. The fact that God made every part of me so beautifully and so differently from anyone else. He calls us all by name. He knows us all, every part of our being. It's really a beautiful thing. To think that God loves us so uniquely because we are just that, unique. Why would we ever think that comparison is a thing that God wants? Why do we continually compare ourselves with others? It's really unnecessary if you think about it. Comparison is a trap the devil has for us and we shouldn't fall into it any longer. Let's be strong women that don't live in a dangerous trap of comparison. Let's be unique. Let's focus on who God says we are, not what the world says about us. The world will constantly tell you that you are not good enough or that you don't fit certain requirements to be this or that. God says you are fearfully and wonderfully made, grab onto that today.
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