If you’re unable to accept yourself, you’re missing out on the joy
that comes from contentment. God created you as you are for a specific
reason. Life’s bumps and bruises can lead you to believe you have to be
someone more or less than you are.
If you are not gifted athletically (or choose another ability), but
compare yourself to those that are, you’ll always come up short and feel
less than.
Have you ever tried something and felt inadequate? Or maybe someone
told you that you didn’t measure up? If you can walk away understanding,
“this isn’t for me,” then you have a healthy perspective. If you
conclude that you are defective, then you are making it personal and
that isn’t helpful.
Are you measuring yourself against the right ruler? God measures you
by His original design. Everything else will give you a faulty or
inaccurate measurement.
But more than that, you’ll feel miserable because there is no way for you to win. Proverbs 11:1 declares
that God detests deception in dealings with others. How can you deal
honestly with others if you don’t first deal honestly with your own
value?
Matt
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