I am NOT Better than You.

I am not better than you. Nope.

Not even just a little.

And it doesn't get me depressed, rather, it gives me peace. Ahhhh.

Thank God!

I don't need to sulk about what I'm not and I don't have to strive to be who you are.

I am not better than you. Nope.

I don't know where exactly it began, but I remember growing up thinking I was better. Cooler. More "with-it". Deeper. Smarter. Forgive me.

It may have come from a good place, someone having confidence in me, or reminding me that I could do or be anything. But, somehow, it got distorted. Because when you think that you are better, then you start to judge HOW you're better.

And that, my friend, is a terrible, slippery slope. (Matt 7:5)

Because the truth is, you aren't.

We are ALL loved. We are ALL called. We are ALL created in HIS image. (That one gets me every time. Every single face I will ever see has some reflection of Him.)

I'm not talking about choices here. I will say that we have the free will to make choices, some choose better. Some choose worse.

BUT THAT ISN'T WHAT WE ARE TO BASE OUR JUDGEMENTS ON!

I want to know the whole story. I want to see what God sees. I want to remember that He was so gracious to me when my choices STANK and yet He still didn't turn his back on me. Grace. I need grace.

Swimming in this pool of clarity, I have such a love for you. For every reader. For every friend. For every acquaintance. For every stranger. You have something that reveals a part of Him the world has yet to encounter.

I am not better than you. Nope.

Not even just a little.

I am honored to know you. I want to glean wisdom from what you've been through. I want to run along side of you and never turn back.

Be released today, with me, to judge less and love more. You never know what you will find.