Are you them, I think not!

God has been working on me for some time about using others' standards to measure myself against rather than His. In some ways I don't struggle with this at all and in other ways its a daily battle.

I have been so blessed with friends who are just AMAZING parents and I often look at how they do things with more than a healthy awe or respect. God does not put people in our life to condemn us or cause us to feel like we are not good enough. If we are feeling that way it may have NOTHING to do with the other person but rather about how we feel deep down about ourself. No one is the perfect parent, no one has the perfect children and we all have different callings.

I often remind myself when I start studying another parent, and thinking they have it all together that they probably do FOR THEM and there is nothing wrong with that. God has not called me to do what my friends are doing. He has only asked me to do what He has called me to do.

The reality of that works both ways. If I find myself being haughty or judgmental I remind myself that God has called them for something different and the way that I parent might be what He has shown me for my kids is not for everyone.

I do believe that we can learn from one another and there is a healthy medium to everything that only God's Spirit within you can balance.

Trust Him always and in all things!! You're calling is special don't cloud your vision with others' visions. As we seek God He with CLEARLY reveal to us all things to do what He has called us to do.

'In all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct thy paths.' ~ Proverbs 3:6