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May your unfailing love be my comfort, according to your promise to your servant.
~ Psalm 119:76 ~
The love that God has for us is unconditional. He made us in our mother's wombs, and loved us before we were born. The Bible talks so much about God's love for us, it also tells we are to find comfort in that love. But where do we find our comfort?
There are so many place's that we can look to find earthly comfort, temporary comfort. We may look to a box of chocolate, or a pint of ice cream. We may go shopping, or out with friends. We may dive into a book, or plug into a movie.
But I want to ask you another question, have you ever looked to others to find your comfort instead of God? I know I have. It's so easy to compare ourselves to others to make ourselves feel better. It's so east to say, at least I don't look like so and so, or I'm glad I didn't have that happen to me. Even something small like feeling better because the girl next to you in science class scored lower than you on her homework or a test. While those things might not seem all that bad, they really can be. When we do that, we are getting our comfort by putting others down, by pointing out their flaws or shortcomings. I bet some of you are saying right now, well I would never say that out loud! Now, while that's a good thing, it still doesn't make thinking those things right. Or maybe you would only say them to your best friend.
That still doesn't make it okay. Today's verse tells us that we are to find our comfort, our encouragement, in the love of God.
It tells us that we should find our comfort in the promise that His love is unfailing, not in the fact that our lives could be worse. The Bible tells us in Psalm 139:14 that we were wonderfully and fearfully made. That means that God's works are wonderful, all of them. That includes us, the girl that sits next to us in science, the girls that we think aren't as pretty as us, everyone. God made all of us, and he made us all wonderful.
So when we find comfort in putting others down, not only are we finding comfort away from God's love, but we are also putting down his creations. Finding comfort in others failures or shortcomings is not true comfort. Feeling beautiful because you aren't as homely as someone else isn't true beauty.
True beauty comes from knowing that God made you, and loves you; and also from loving others because God made them too. So I encourage you today to find your true beauty in Christ, and to find your comfort in His unfailing love.
Reflection:
Do I put others down to make me feel better about myself?
Application step:
Try to go all day without saying or thinking anything negative about anyone else. If you do, repent, and start over!
Have a great day! :)
