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In a culture that constantly tells me that I should be doing more...

The Bible tells me that this is enough. It’s enough to slow down and forget about keeping up with the Joneses. It’s enough to let the gospel sink deeply and firmly into my soul. It’s enough to teach that gospel to my children, to live it out with my husband, to serve humbly and live quietly and love faithfully.

It’s enough, because HE IS ENOUGH.

I can use up my life trying to prove my worth, or I can spend my life talking about how worthy He is. In my home, in my writing, and in my relationships.

Small and faithful.

Because no accomplishment, no dollar amount, no list with all the boxes checked off, will ever fill me the way that Christ does. And so, I’ll believe what He says over any of the rest of it, and I’ll find rest in refusing to indulge the comparison that kills our souls and steals our focus from where it should be.

On Him first, and then those loved ones He’s graciously given to us.

Small and faithful. That’s enough.




http://kaysepratt.com/2016/02/finding-contentment-as-a-mom-in-a-world-of-comparison.html

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