It's time that women stop comparing themselves to others and rather start supporting your sisters.
In Exodus 17 there’s a BATTLE between the Israelites and the Amalekites.
“As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning.”
But off course, Moses grew tired. The solution was SUPPORT. His two friends held up his hands FOR him, to help win the war.
We’re living in a society of comparison. Daily, we’re comparing our clothes, make-up application, our diets, our children’s achievements in school, the size of our cars etc. Mostly after comparing, we’re either feeling a bit blue because “what I have is not so extravagant.” Or we get a feeling of judgement, we think what we have are better than someone else’s. None of this is the Father’s heart for us!
We were made in THE IMAGE OF GOD! In His eyes we are perfect. Our behaviour isn’t always so perfect, because we were born into sin, but our character, our looks, our personality, our talents…everything God has implanted in us, are perfect. The Bible tells us that judging must be left to Him, who is perfect and holy.
Melinda Bam said, “stop comparing yourself and rather be creative.”
I want to add on to this and ENCOURAGE YOU to start ENCOURAGING OTHER PEOPLE, making sure they know that they’re enough and don’t need to compare themselves. Even more than that…Let’s start CELEBRATING each other. Acknowledge the efforts of those around you.
Let’s SUPPORT one another. Support includes us complementing our friends, being apart of their ventures, their good times and struggles. Support is also uplifting, positive criticism WHEN ASKED FOR. If your friend/colleague asks your honest opinion because they want to put the best product out there, don’t just support them by telling them everything is perfect if you can spot improvements they can make. Help them by being honest in a kind way.
1. Start by knowing that you’re good enough because you were made perfect by God.
2. Accept yourself, strong and weak points, and be open to working on the ones you feel needs attention – without being harsh on yourself about it.
3. Start moving your focus to others, not to compare yourself to them, but to support and uplift them.
Let’s be stronger together, by being the SUPPORT someone needs.
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