Acceptance and Comparison

Acceptance:

We suffer so much

seeking acceptance we can't control.

Do we get in this place by comparison?  Are we always sizing up?  
Do we often inside feel "better than" or "less than"?

Could comparison be the root of evil?
It promotes  pridefulness on one side and insecurity on the other...
both of which result in loss of relationship 
and eventually feelings of shame and contempt.  

Remember whose you are 

and that He chose you for who you are ....

who He made you to be.
Learning to be comfortable as the unique person you've been made to be is a gift.

You are accepted because you are His!  You have been chosen!

Choose to live in Christ because He has chosen you!

^{John 15:16a} You did not choose me, but I chose you ...