My dear sweet friend, neighbor and sister-in-Christ is moving out of the house next door. As I have prepared my heart to say goodbye to her I have reflected on the differences and similarities between us.
This morning I was thinking about how she attracts people. She is dynamic, beautiful and highly intelligent. She is like a magnet for people. She has scads of friends and everyone feels like they are a friend when they meet her.
She has offered to come over to my house at garage sales because she is such a magnet for people. lol. I have a miserable history of working my tail off for those silly sales and not making much at all.
She also has had birthday parties which I have been invited to which are huge events when in comparison to my failures at birthday celebrations. I will have to say that part of that problem has nothing to do with my personality or charisma. Having a birthday on New Year’s Eve is the actual problem.
We also both like to write. She has contributed to a self help book and I am writing a novel in addition to blogging. I used to have a Bible Study out of my home and one of my delights was listening to her thoughts on the passage of scripture we were reading.
Although we are both intelligent and friendly my personality is different than hers. My personality is the personality of a writer. I can interact with people all day long in my business but when I get home I need to be alone. I require absolute solitude to write.
This may be one of the biggest reasons why I have not chosen to accept any marriage proposals. Somehow men just can’t understand that they can not continually be the pinnacle of my universe every single last second.
When I think of this friend of mine I realize I admire her. She is beautiful and very popular but then I realize that I, too, have many friends and people consider me quite attractive also.
What I am trying to get at in this post is that God has made us all different. Everyone who reads this post has unique qualities that can benefit not only yourself but also others. God doesn’t make junk. Each one of you is special in His eyes and He sacrificed His Son for all of your sins, not all of your accomplishments.
There is a difference between admiration and jealousy when it comes to how you view someone else. Admiration means you hold someone in a special place in your heart. Jealousy is when you wish you had that person’s advantage. For when you wish you were someone else you reject the beauty and talents that God has given just to you. In essence, jealousy is a betrayal which wounds you more than anyone else.
