"Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got."--Janis Joplin

"Make a careful exploration of who you are and the work you have been given, and then sink yourself into that...Don't compare yourself with others."- Galations 6:4

How often in life do we compare ourselves to others?  Whether the matter of subject is how attractive we are, how intelligent we are, or even how much of a better Christian others are?

That is how I have been feeling lately, for I fail to go to church every Sunday.  I fail to attend every social/ outreach event my fellowship has. And, I also fail to read my Bible everyday.

This idea that I am not profiling my duties as a Christian has consumed my life and  has became my goal by becoming a better Christian.  I mean, it's so easy to look at another person and envy whatever relationship they have with God.  I don't know about you, but I envy the Christians who are able to explain every detail about God from the top of their head or when they pray, it's poetry.

On the bright side, I can at least say I have been doing some things right such as living a Christian life-style pretty well by not cussing, being celibate, and praying every night before I go to bed.  The thing is- there is more to Christianity than living the life-style of one.  You also have to develop a relationship with God and grow with faith as you mature.

I would say that right now, my relationship with God is stagnant.

As a result, I am also consistently comparing myself to other Christians trying to learn from them how to grow in Christ. 

I guess, all I can do now is to talk to more mature Christians and follow by their example of how to grow.

As well, not be consumed by the idea that I am not good enough for God.  None us are!  Remember that there is nothing we can do to make God loves us less or more.  Yet, growing in Him is one of the most remarkable experiences that should be sought after.

" [Let's learn to be thankful for how God made us, in spite of our faults. The example of Paul the Apostle.] For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the Church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and His grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me."-
1 Corinthians 15: 9-10

Have a blessed day!

<3 KM