"I'm a good person, I don't smoke, drink, or commit adultery." Or...
"My kids aren't causing all kinds of trouble. I mean, look at her kids acting crazy in the store."
We all compare...it's kind of a natural thing. Most of us are desperately searching for that confirmation that we're doing a "ok" job. Unfortunately, comparison can be very dangerous when we compare ourselves to the wrong things or look at the wrong standards. I ran across this quote the other day. It is speaking about parenting, but there's truth in it for all of life. Read it, and then let it read you.
"We have ignored God's Word when it comes to determining how well we're doing, believing that if our conditions meet the social norms, we're most likely in compliance with God's expectations. And we make our judgements and comparisons on the basis of popular wisdom and criteria dispensed by a mass media that is run for profit by groups of people who have no intention or desire of pleasing God or meeting His standards through the material they produce and distribute." - George Barna, Revolutionary Parenting
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