Psalm 101:6, "My eyes will be on the faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me; he whose walk is blameless will minister to me."
Oh how your view changes as your priorities get straight. That is why I have always said I would never go back in time even for a "redo".
When I was younger, I wanted to be popular. So I looked up to those pretty, popular girls and thought that was where life was. Until I started to realize, still at a pretty young age, the hypocrisy that existed in that world...they called the people that were wild "freaks" (this wasn't me either...I was a "band geek" as labels back then went) yet I learned that they did some of the same things at their parties. Cold hard pass on that.
Even as an adult and surrounded by people that edify rather than destroy, I looked up to the women that were stronger in their walk, stronger in their faith, had beautiful, eloquent prayer language and seemed to have it all together.
While I had my eyes on the faithful, my focus was still off. I was comparing myself to them and letting comparison steal some of my joy and thinking I wasn't somehow "there" yet because I was not like them. I get it more now, although that envy thing is a sneaky little bug that creeps back in occasionally. That is why the second part of this verse resonated with me. It is good to have the faithful in view...to MINISTER to me. There is no shame is letting their life speak into yours...that is God's design...that we do life with those who speak into ours. But not to compare. Our journeys are our own. My walk and talk may never look like yours, but God calls me child just the same and that is more than enough for me.
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