Competition--a winner, a loser, but mostly, a struggle to see how you stand up against others. How often do we think about some sort of competition, some sort of comparison. Professional athletes make the money they do because of our obsession with competition. Throughout history, competition has been a major presence: the Roman Gladiators, Greek Olympics, and even many wars can be attributed to competition. Which kingdom is greater than the others. But, these all seem very macho, male oriented competition. But there are also other competitions--who is the most beautiful, who is more popular or has the most friends, does the best in school. You don't have to formalize competition to realize that often people compare themselves to others, and size themselves up that way. And what causes us to do this? Why, as kids, is it in us to race to the end of the room? Competition can bring out heroism in people, the best in people, but also the worst at times. Jealousy, envy, strife, but also heroism, pride, self-esteem. So what is the line that needs drawing? Because we really should not be comparing ourselves to each other when it comes to our walk with God. But, we are to run as to win the race in our life.

Yes, this is topical and we should just focus on God and our relationship with Him, and all else will fall in line...but sometimes, I know I just think about it, about things. Hence, this blog.