Feeling Inadequate
As I was reading through Facebook entries, one comment struck me as sad and all too common. A person on Facebook had a photo of an amazing holiday display in their home that was obviously expensive and time consuming to put up. A viewer commented that they had only put up a few decorations and noted, "I feel inadequate." My initial response was to comment back to her, "That's the point of Facebook!" But I didn't want to diminish the efforts of the initial person who was sharing her labor of love.
It's easy these days to feel inadequate. Everyone around us appears to be super-sizing their lives either through fancy displays, home makeovers, over the top vacations, etc. And there we sit, going about our daily routines with little to show for them except clean and organized homes, well fed families and pets, and routines that bless others in small ways as often as we are able. Hmmm...that's not exactly skydiving off a Swiss Alp or preparing a 7 course meal for an exclusive group of popular friends, is it? It's not Facebook or Instagram material, but it is "real life."
Real life is what most of us are doing. On a bellcurve probably only 5-10% of the population is regularly living a "social media worthy" life. Those of us just "doing life" are the ones carrying the load of the other 90%. We are creating order in our homes and honoring God with our lives the best we know how. We might not be posting pictures of our mundane existence, but if we are blessing others and God with our actions, He is keeping a scrapbook solely on us that He will one day review and give us rewards in heaven for our perseverance and diligence in the small stuff.
It's easy these days to feel inadequate. Everyone around us appears to be super-sizing their lives either through fancy displays, home makeovers, over the top vacations, etc. And there we sit, going about our daily routines with little to show for them except clean and organized homes, well fed families and pets, and routines that bless others in small ways as often as we are able. Hmmm...that's not exactly skydiving off a Swiss Alp or preparing a 7 course meal for an exclusive group of popular friends, is it? It's not Facebook or Instagram material, but it is "real life."
Real life is what most of us are doing. On a bellcurve probably only 5-10% of the population is regularly living a "social media worthy" life. Those of us just "doing life" are the ones carrying the load of the other 90%. We are creating order in our homes and honoring God with our lives the best we know how. We might not be posting pictures of our mundane existence, but if we are blessing others and God with our actions, He is keeping a scrapbook solely on us that He will one day review and give us rewards in heaven for our perseverance and diligence in the small stuff.
Revelation 22:12
Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me,
to render to every man according to what he has done.
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