He delights in every detail

I shared this verse on my business Facebook page on Sunday.  It's a verse that God placed on my heart recently and I didn't understand why He kept bringing it to my attention at first.  Don't you love it when He does that?  I've thought to myself (and Him) countless times - WHY?  Why in the world did you put that on my heart?  What do you want me to learn from this?  What are you trying to tell me?   Sometimes the reasons are quite obvious though.

I struggle greatly with comparison.  I struggle with making decisions.  I struggle with what I want.  What is best.  But it all boils down to comparison.  And we all know that comparison is the thief of joy.  To be truly happy, you can't compare yourself to others.  I know this, but it's something I fight with on a daily basis.

Look at her.  Her skin is amazing.  She has a great body for having 3 (or 8) kids.  Her house is always clean.  I wish I could be her friend.  I like her blog better.  They have so much more money.  Her kids are always dressed cute.  Everyone likes her so much.  I wish I was as crafty as ... I wish I could refinish furniture like ... I wish people knew who I was.  It would be so cool to be a famous blogger.  It would be great to have more than 200 likes on my page.  To be an amazing photographer.  To have 2,000 people in my downline.

In my head, what I have is never good enough.   I'm never as beautiful, wealthy, creative, hip, trendy, funny, social, healthy, smart, and so on.  and so on.  and so on.  For years I've dealt with this.  And I believe so many women do. 

I want to be ME.  I want people to like me for ME.  I want to be original.  Be myself.  Feel comfortable in my own skin.  Be who He created, because He knows every detail.  He planned every detail.  He made me ME. 

It's not about an awesome blog that gets 10,000 hits a day or a Facebook page that has 1,000 likes.  It's not about impressing someone so she'll want to be your friend.  It's not about any of that.  It's about loving me for who I am and not being afraid of showing people ME.  Because God loves me for me.  And that's enough.