the disease of comparision.

We have all heard about it and honestly most if not all of us have had it--the disease of comparison. When you sit down and compare yourself to other women, mothers, Christians, business owners, bloggers, etc, you have probably found yourself with this dangerous disease. I know I have the disease and I'm working on my cure for it right now! I am tired of feeling like I have to live up to someone else's standards or be like someone else to be deemed successful or even feel successful. Don't get me wrong, comparison isn't always a a bad thing but often I find myself doing far too much comparison. Every individual has a different walk. We are all in a different season. No one two people's lives are exactly the same.

I have loved ones who struggle with comparing their bodies to other's bodies. It breaks my heart because everyone is beautiful and no one was made the same! And guess what GOD MADE YOU JUST THE WAY YOU ARE and LOVES you that way. I love what Lockland had to say about this. Last week we were able to visit Northwest Arkansas and see my family. My sister asked him why he didn't have a mustache. He gets asked this a lot because once he said when he grew up he was going to have a mustache. This time though his answer was my favorite. He said, with an attitude I might add, "Because Jesus didn't make me that way." If only we could all except that maybe we aren't a certain way because Jesus didn't make us that way! 

I myself struggle most with comparing my life with other people the same age as I am. Sure to some extent it is nice because it pushes me to try new things but I get stuck on the "they are the same age as me and just bought a house" or the "they are the same age as me and have a master's degree"... I have a hard time excepting that I'm in a totally different season of life and find myself comparing my life to their's when they really share no similarities aside from age! 

I've decided that in July I will work hard to compare less. To accept the stage of life that I'm in and EMBRACE it. My success cannot and SHOULD NOT be measured by the standards of this world. 

Do you have the disease of comparison? What do you struggle with comparing? 

{less deep posts to follow, ha. Just like me this blog will be a little bit of everything once I finally get it all together.}