Lately I've been doing the one thing that our pre-marital counselor told us never to do. I've been comparing myself to others. I look at my friends and I see that many of them have great jobs- jobs that they love, and jobs that pay well. Some of my friends live in houses-houses that are furnished, houses that have cable and internet. Many of my friends get to go out and do fun things (and take great honeymoons) because they have the money to do so. I look at their lives and I compare it to my life. And I seem to fall way short.
I have been struggling with contentment. I need to stop comparing myself with others, because I have all that I need right here. I am married to my best friend, who absolutely loves me! We have a roof over our head. We are not going hungry. We have everything that we need already.
I can learn a lot from Paul, who writes in Philippians 4 "I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength."
I don't know why I continue to compare myself with others. Not just material things, but physically also. You know how girls are...we look at someone that is skinnier than us or someone that just seems to be a little bit cuter, a little bit sexier, put together just a little bit better. We compare and then somehow we are not enough anymore.
This is my struggle these days. I don't know why I do it.
Because I really do have all I need right here.
