Some people said to Jesus, “The disciples of John fast often and pray frequently. The disciples of the Pharisees do the same, but your disciples are always eating and drinking.” Jesus replied, “You can’t make the wedding guests fast while the groom is with them, can you? The days will come when the groom will be taken from them, and then they will fast.” Then he told them a parable. “No one tears a patch from a new garment to patch an old garment. Otherwise, the new garment would be ruined, and the new patch wouldn’t match the old garment. Nobody pours new wine into old wineskins. If they did, the new wine would burst the wineskins, the wine would spill, and the wineskins would be ruined. Instead, new wine must be put into new wineskins. No one who drinks a well-aged wine wants new wine, but says, ‘The well-aged wine is better.’” (Luke 5:33-39, CEB)
Who should we compare ourselves to?
In the reading, people are comparing the disciples of Jesus to the disciples of John and of the Pharisees, but Jesus is still here and so the comparison is apples to oranges as the saying goes.
The only person we should compare ourselves to is Jesus, and that will make us miserable. So maybe we should only compare ourselves to ourselves.
Have I grown and gotten closer to being like Jesus?
Have I moved closer to loving more and judging less?
Have I started working on myself and not seeing faults in others?
Have I noticed my gifts and not be jealous of the gifts of others?
Grow yourself and don’t compare yourself to others.
Loving People. Loving God.
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