LIFE SUX (Mirror Series-Part 3) 22/9/07
Ps Alex
“Life sux!”
I’m sure all of us have said that at least once (if not many times) before.
Ever heard of the expression ‘the grass is greener on the other side’? Yes, someone else’s life always seems better: they have better grades, better parents, better looks, cooler friends, cooler hobbies, better teachers and better everything! We can’t help but compare ourselves with them and wonder why we aren’t as blessed as them. We complain that we don’t have this and we don’t have that. Then we try to make ourselves look better by creating a ‘cooler’ personality, or we become defensive about who we are.
Ps Alex
“Life sux!”
I’m sure all of us have said that at least once (if not many times) before.
Ever heard of the expression ‘the grass is greener on the other side’? Yes, someone else’s life always seems better: they have better grades, better parents, better looks, cooler friends, cooler hobbies, better teachers and better everything! We can’t help but compare ourselves with them and wonder why we aren’t as blessed as them. We complain that we don’t have this and we don’t have that. Then we try to make ourselves look better by creating a ‘cooler’ personality, or we become defensive about who we are.
But hey, creating a new personality or snapping at people who joke about you isn’t going to make life sux any less. We’ve got to:
- Learn to be contented / happy with what we have. Quit comparing yourself with others. You are as blessed as they are.
- Live courageously and face rejections. It’s ok if someone says they don’t like your hair/clothes/face. God doesn’t look at those things. He looks at our hearts and doesn’t reject us just because we wear the ‘uncool’ clothes.
- Live in the ‘current’. Don’t live in the past. If you’ve been hurt in the past, it’s time to move on.
- Live convicted. Yep, don’t live in condemnation cos we’re free from condemnation in Christ.
The grass doesn’t have to be greener on the other side. If we look after the grass on this side, it can be greener over here too. Just the same, life doesn’t always have to suck. You can make it better by choosing to do things that will make your life better.
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