Fat Monk


1 Oct 2023

Without having to compare

"If someone thinks he or she is somebody when really they are nobody, they are only deceiving themselves. You should each judge your own conduct. If it is good, then you can be proud of what you yourself have done, without having to compare it with what someone else has done. For we each have our own load to carry."

(Galatians 6.3-5 GNB)

You carry your own load and I carry mine.

Comparing what I have done with the load I am carrying with what you have done with your load, is like comparing apple and orange. Your load is different than mine as the Lord entrusts.

The only comparison that is valid is whether I have done what the Lord asks, as he asks it.

Lord
help me to understand well
what you ask me to do
with the load you entrust me with