In my experience at least, I felt like there was a huge, cosmic timeline I wasn't keeping up with, one that said I needed to be married by this age, start a family by this age, buy a house by this age, and have a great job making X amount of money by this age. This timeline loomed over my head like a dark cloud, and when people pointed it out, it rained shame, comparison, envy, and self-pity.
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In this short exchange between Jesus and Peter we see a very common trap for believers: comparing our suffering to someone else's. We need to avoid this trap at all costs; if we don't, we'll reach the conclusion without fail that our suffering is worse and that God has it out for us.
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Taking these steps didn't cure my heart problem that led me to comparison; Jesus did that. But, by taking these steps, I was able to stop feeding the comparison beast and start feeding my soul with truth.
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"During what I now refer to as my "dark night of the soul," which was a period of about 4 years when the Lord stripped me down in every way imaginable (that's how it felt, at least), one of the many things I struggled with was comparison. I had just graduated from seminary in Chicago, broken up with my long-term boyfriend, and moved back to Nashville single, unemployed, and to the news that my twin sister was engaged."
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