Keeping Up with Jesus

Perhaps you’re familiar with the quote, “Comparison is the thief of joy.” I am. I’ve heard it many times, and yet I was surprised recently to discover that the first person it was ever attributed to was President Theodore Roosevelt.  That was interesting trivia, at least to me. I suppose I thought the words were spoken by a preacher, or maybe a motivational speaker. And yet, regardless of origin, it’s a truth that bears repeating, and so it has. Again. And again. 

It’s because we all know it to ...