Everyone measures themselves up to something or someone. We measure our spoues, our children, our jobs, our loves, almost every part of our lives we measure in some way. We hold standards and try to meet those standards. We base so much on what others think about us in some way. Now, you may be reading this and saying to yourself...."Not me. I don't care what someone thinks about me". I have said that myself many times. Let's be honest....what do we do when someone says great things about us....do we walk a little taller when we hear those words? Do those words make us feel better about ourselves? If we don't really care what people think why do those words bring such joy to us? Truth is, we all care what some people think on some kind of level.
I have been in a battle lately about knowing who I am in Christ. A battle of not letting words(positive or negative)define who I am. A battle of measuring myself to someone that may have more knowledge than myself in an area of life. I am in a battle of not measuring my marriage up to others or to what I think it should be. I am in a battle to not put life in a box of do's and dont's. Battles that somedays I win and somedays I lose. A battle that I'm not really sure will ever end or be won. Lately, I had to tell myself a lot "It is what it is" and "God has a good plan for me" and "God knows my heart and at the end of the day that is all that really matters".
My goal in life is to love freely as Christ loves, to be honest as I live everyday, to trust in the Lord in every way of my life, to be real with everyone in my life, to serve those God has put in my life, to be free in Christ, to live in God's grace, and not to measure myself to anything but God's word.
We all measure......what are you measuring your life up to?
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