“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.” Exodus 20:17 Bible Gateway
One of the biggest tools that makes its’ users discontent is Facebook and other forms of social media. Many at this time of year fast from social media for 21 Days. Trolling others pages and seeing their ‘perfect life’ can make a person feel inadequate or that they don’t measure up. As one of my sons once said “Facebook is not real mom!”
You are not to desire what belongs to another or for that matter not give thanks for the good things you do have. Always thinking they grass is greener on the other side of the fence but maybe the yard has fire ants and let me tell you those things bite and sting.
Are you able to live in your own world giving thanks for your life and not compare yourself to another? You don’t know their whole story anyway. Be real because God knows the real you anyway.
PRAYER: Thanks Lord for reality and truth. Help me have self control and not go all over social media and then become unhappy with my own life as a mom, grandma, writer, runner, and so forth. I choose to compare myself only to the standard of living a life for Christ. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
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