That's what counts

     "Comparison is the thief of joy" 

  This quote is so utterly true. Too often we compare ourselves to others. I say "we", because I know that we all have, at one time or another, compared ourselves to someone else. I know, for sure, I have. We compare ourselves to how well we did and how well they did. We compare ourselves to how high their grades are and how low our grades are. We see them achieving at something and we feel like we are failing at something. 

"Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, 

as working for the Lord, not for human masters"

- Colossians 3: 23 

    At the end of the day if you have worked your hardest for the Lord, that's what counts. Nothing else. Be happy. If that somebody you compare yourself to beat you or did better than you, try to be happy(in a content sort of way), because you worked for what counted. It doesn't matter whether you got last place, or  you didn't do as well as you had hoped it only matters that you did everything as unto the Lord. Because placing your your happiness on winning will make for a topsy-turvy life. 

" Instead of wishing you were someone else, 

be proud of who you are. 

You never know who has been looking at you

and wishing they were you." 

I know this goes for us bloggers. I know for me as a blogger, for sure. I look at peoples seemingly perfect lives and start comparing mine to theirs. I look at how beautiful their pictures are and compare them to mine. I read their writing and compare my posts to theirs.

 Then I remind myself, I wrote for the Lord, even if it was a completely spontaneous post. Pleasing the Lord is what matters. 

Cindi