Tuesday Testimony
It’s so easy to compare ourselves to others and not feel like we measure up.
As I sit here looking around my home, I can see all of the things I need to get done. I look at my children and think I should be doing more crafts or learning activities with them. I look online at all the menu plans and recipes people share, and don’t understand why I can’t do it like they do. Why am I not a better cook, why can’t I think of more creative ways to entertain my children, what’s the point of me continuing to blog when there are so many other blogs out there that do the same kind of things I do, why does my husband still love me even with all these stretch marks and this flabby belly, why, why, why?
It seems like no matter how hard I try I never seem to measure up to what I think I should be. It is so easy for us to listen to negative lies, and feel inadequate. I think it reaches a point of feeling sorry for ourselves too. Joyce Meyer put it so well in her Stop Being Mad at Yourself message this week. She said that being preoccupied with how much we don’t like about ourselves is a form of selfishness. It’s just as selfish as thinking we are so great, because it is still focusing on ourselves rather than focusing on God.
Wow! What a revelation. I have been so selfish being preoccupied with all the things I don’t like about myself. When we begin to realize that our preoccupation with our “lack of self-worth” is distracting us from where our focus should be, we can really begin to grow and glorify God with our thoughts and actions.
It’s not going to be easy, because it is changing a habit, but I am going to strive to stay peaceful and thankful for what I am. And I know that “I’m not where I need to be, but thank God I’m not where I used to be.” ~Joyce Meyer. I want to encourage you to remind yourself this week that you are the righteousness of God in Christ! That alone makes you absolutely wonderful!
Scripture reading for today: Matthew 13:1-23
Be at Peace and have ears to hear.
Worth Reading around the Blogosphere:
Combatting the “You Should Get Out of the House More” Mentality
It’s Okay to Spend More than $40 a week on Groceries
When You’re Not Enough
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