This is something the Lord put on my heart to encourage and challenge my girlfriends who are attending She Speaks. ***But*** If you have now Idea what She Speaks is (www.proverbs31.org) and you are a woman, this might just speak to you as well!

I could squeal with delight at the thought of seeing my friends this upcoming weekend. My heart also flutters with excitement at the expectation of what God has in store because we all were preordained to attend She Speaks this very year. Our desire to serve Him via speaking, writing and leading is what binds us together as we make the trek to Charlotte, North Carolina. But, I am afraid that there is one thing that might very well derail my opportunity to hear from God and connect with my fellow ministry women.

Comparison.

Yep, I said it and I hope that you know exactly what I mean when you read that one potent word. I can be all prayed up and all dolled up as I walk through the doors, but comparison is the one thing that will turn my heart away from God and toward an obsession of “I’m just not enough.” Why is it that we, as women, do this to ourselves? I see a darling sister of mine in the most adorable outfit and that very instant my insecurity over takes me. This insecurity coming from comparison can darn well take my focus off of God and the ministry He has set for me.

Please don’t hear me say that it is bad to look cute and perfectly coordinate your outfit with your shade of lip gloss. I’m the first gal to get a thrill out of my ballet flats that go so nicely with my little pearl necklace, I really am. The fact is, no matter how well put together we are, there will always be someone one in the room that is prettier, has better hair or has that handbag that we’ve been coveting for weeks now. But, that woman I am comparing myself to is doing the very same thing with someone else. Isn’t that wild?

I think I will lean on Colossians 3:2-3 “Set your mind on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.”
I don’t want to miss what God has to tell me this weekend because I can’t get over myself and my insecurity, do you?

So, if I get the awesome chance to meet you this weekend and I compliment you on your super cute necklace, please know that I am celebrating you and how darling you are rather than allowing my insecurity to ruin the moment. Will you do the same my friend?

love,
sarah