Do not compare yourself
My wife and I went to church last Sunday to a wonderful service. The worship was great! The preaching was on Hebrews 11 one of my favorite chapters in the Bible. On the exploits of men and women of Faith. After the service I talked with someone and became increasingly depressed. I could not understand why. I had compared my life to those heroes and felt lousy. What was wrong with me? Why did I not measure up to them? 1) The whole picture: I should have known better. There was a blind spot and I felt like prey in the enemy's hands. I had not gone into the details of these heroes' lives. Some look very humans and like Elijah I was depressed when I did not get God’s perspective on the subject. I had looked at their victories, but I missed the part where it said that some did not receive what was promised In fact, I remember when the pastor expressed jokingly his displeasure at the word “But” in verse 35 when it says “But others were tortured, refusing to turn