This week’s message at The Water’s Edge is about comparison and how it effects us spiritually, emotionally, and relationally. The following is from Prayers Fom The Water’s Edge. I encourage you to pray it this week as WE prepare to worship together.
Dear God,
You have created me wonderfully complex. (Psalm 139:14)
You tell me I am Your masterpiece. (Ephesians 2:10)
Yet sometimes I don’t believe what You know about me.
I compare myself to others.
Finances and friendships.
Accomplishments and appearances.
Many of my comparisons are inaccurate.
They are based on my perceptions of others and not reality.
I am too critical and judgmental of myself.
I have wasted time and energy comparing myself with others.
Comparison has caused resentment towards myself.
Comparison has taken away my joy.
Let me be grateful for who I am and what I have.
Let me compete less and collaborate more.
Let me be inspired by others and become a better me.
Teach me to embrace who I am.
Make my only comparisons to my past self.
Help me develop into the person You want me to become.
Amen.
Hopefully the boys skip the comparison stuff and focus on collaboration.
