A story of our own
From the mouths and wisdom of my sisters Gwen and Suzanne in "One: Impossible Starts Here"
" Though all of us believers are called by God to conform our hearts to what He loves and values most, some of the specifics for how this plays out in our lives are as individual as His creation of us...
None of us should be wanting or aspiring to another person's journey or story, when we've got a journey and story of our own to be living out and experiencing...
The plan He's created for you (and me) is chock-full of abundant blessing and purpose all on its own without feeling the need to stand it side by side for comparison with somebody else's."
-Suzanne Mayernick &Gwen Oatsvall
DEEP BREATH. Time out.
This means you can DROP YOUR MEASURING STICK. For yourself. Your spouse. Your children. Your parents. Your ________.
I love me some social media as much as the next person. It serves as a tool to connect with some of our family and favorite people all around the world. But it can so often be used as a measuring stick. Satan loves to use his game of comparison.
In fact, I have seen it in my own life and so many others. We spend so much time looking at blogs, books, posts, pictures, TV, etc... and forget that we have our own life to live. Don't get me wrong. I believe many of those avenues can be used by God to encourage and "spur one another on toward love and gooddeeds" (Hebrews 10:24). But if you are constantly comparing your story to another or feeling inadequate that your life is "less glamorous" or "worthy"; you are believing a lie. period. And when that happens.. those avenues need to go and be replaced with truth- scripture.
Don't miss what He has for you today because you are too worried about it looking like what He has for someone else.
"IT'S HIGH TIME WE QUIT SEEING OURSELVES
THROUGH THE LENS OF OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES"
" Though all of us believers are called by God to conform our hearts to what He loves and values most, some of the specifics for how this plays out in our lives are as individual as His creation of us...
None of us should be wanting or aspiring to another person's journey or story, when we've got a journey and story of our own to be living out and experiencing...
The plan He's created for you (and me) is chock-full of abundant blessing and purpose all on its own without feeling the need to stand it side by side for comparison with somebody else's."
-Suzanne Mayernick &Gwen Oatsvall
DEEP BREATH. Time out.
This means you can DROP YOUR MEASURING STICK. For yourself. Your spouse. Your children. Your parents. Your ________.
I love me some social media as much as the next person. It serves as a tool to connect with some of our family and favorite people all around the world. But it can so often be used as a measuring stick. Satan loves to use his game of comparison.
In fact, I have seen it in my own life and so many others. We spend so much time looking at blogs, books, posts, pictures, TV, etc... and forget that we have our own life to live. Don't get me wrong. I believe many of those avenues can be used by God to encourage and "spur one another on toward love and good
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