White Elephant

Godliness with Contentment

Have you ever heard of a Christmas gift exchange game called 'white elephant'? Wikipedia says that 'The goal of a white elephant gift exchange is to entertain party-goers rather than to gain a genuinely valuable or highly sought-after item.' Clearly, Wikipedia has never played this game with the people I have played with. There is one gift that everyone wants that goes from hand to hand until all the numbers are exhausted. The last person has the chance to get any gift they want. One under the tree or the highly sought after one that has changed hands multiple times…

Today I want to elaborate on the fact that many of us are too busy comparing ourselves to others that we miss what God is doing. I read an article from betterup.com called 'Stop comparing yourself to others: do these 10 things instead'

I have adjusted the list a little and have reduced it down to four items.

4 ways to stop comparing yourself to others:

-stop spending tons of time consuming social media

-remember that inside and outside are different

-count your blessings

-look at what you have in your hand