I saw two completely unrelated Facebook posts last night that both underscore a growing trend. My nephew posted a link to an article lamenting singers who blow out their voices by using them inappropriately at too young an age. A younger friend posted a link to a video with the latest AMAZING marriage proposal. (Now that girl is really lucky, right?)
The trend is the lengths to which we must go in order to feel truly special. It takes fame, worldwide uniqueness.
We live on a planet with over 7 billion people, increasingly connected by the internet. If we only feel truly special by comparison to others, and especially if the standard is singular uniqueness (I suppose that's redundant), it's going to be pretty tough to get there.
But even to a lesser degree, the issue of taking our value primarily from comparison with others has become a rampant problem. When we don't believe - or struggle to believe - in God, we are unable to find our value simply in relationship with him. The Creator of the universe loves me!
(Oh, but there's nothing special about that: he loves everybody!)
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