*telegraphic sentences ahead - tired student.
As girls, we have a tendency to compare our looks with each other.
On a deeper level, as people, we tend to compare our circumstances with one another - sometimes wishing we could swap places with another person, or just have a taste of the other person's life.
I'm guilty on both accounts. This video (worth a listen!!) has taught me a lot about how to respond to the situations in my life (past/present/future) that I "don't want, don't like, but just can't change".
Carolyn Mahoney tells us of Peter in John 21 who also had the tendency to compare. When Jesus had just told Peter that he would die a martyr's death and followed it by a simple command to follow Him, you wouldn't believe how he responded - yet I am so grateful that he responded the way he did 'cos I've learnt much from Peter's highly relatable faults! Peter responds by turning to another disciple and asks Jesus, "Lord, what about him?" Jesus tells Peter pretty bluntly that it's none of his business, "if I want him to remain alive until I return, what's it to you?" And again, Jesus urges Peter, "You--follow me."
The Snare of Compare from The Gospel Coalition on Vimeo.
As girls, we have a tendency to compare our looks with each other.
On a deeper level, as people, we tend to compare our circumstances with one another - sometimes wishing we could swap places with another person, or just have a taste of the other person's life.
I'm guilty on both accounts. This video (worth a listen!!) has taught me a lot about how to respond to the situations in my life (past/present/future) that I "don't want, don't like, but just can't change".
Carolyn Mahoney tells us of Peter in John 21 who also had the tendency to compare. When Jesus had just told Peter that he would die a martyr's death and followed it by a simple command to follow Him, you wouldn't believe how he responded - yet I am so grateful that he responded the way he did 'cos I've learnt much from Peter's highly relatable faults! Peter responds by turning to another disciple and asks Jesus, "Lord, what about him?" Jesus tells Peter pretty bluntly that it's none of his business, "if I want him to remain alive until I return, what's it to you?" And again, Jesus urges Peter, "You--follow me."
The Snare of Compare from The Gospel Coalition on Vimeo.
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