Other People's Lives on the Screen

“But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.”

Galatians 6:4

Today you spent more time looking at other people's curated lives than living your own beautiful, messy, real one. The screen showed you perfect marriages, perfect bodies, perfect homes, incredible trips — and you came back to your own reality feeling like it was small, dull, not enough.

But what shows up on the screen is always a carefully chosen slice, never anyone's whole life. Nobody posts the tears cried alone in the bathroom, the bill that didn't add up at the end of the month, the fight from the night before that still stings. You're comparing your own messy backstage with someone else's edited, well-lit stage.

Starting over here means turning your gaze back inward: what am I doing with what I have in my hands? Your work, your unique journey, your own particular new beginning — that's what truly matters in my eyes. Examine your own life with more tenderness, and you'll find far more reason for glory than you ever imagined.