THE WOE OF COMPARISON
I grew up with the mindset of trying to prove to people how strong, brilliant, intelligent and diligent I was. I always wanted compliments, I always wanted attention, I loved the sound of "Well done", "you're doing well" and the likes. I just wanted approval and appreciation.....but little did I know that I was actually killing myself. I began to compete with the people and I felt were better than I was, I began to do things to make myself measure up to some standards. Gradually, I began to frown at other people's successes because I always felt the success recorded should have been recorded by me. I saw myself as a man running behind schedule. I wanted to meet up with men's expectations and the achievements of my peers. The more I tried to meet up, the farther behind I was. The more I compared myself with others, the more embittered I was at myself for "lagging behind". On a fateful day, the light of God's Word dawned on me and I beheld...