TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
“Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.”— Romans 12:15
SIT WITH THE WORD
Comparison makes friendship feel like a scoreboard. The Gospel gives enough security to celebrate another woman without shrinking your own gifts—and enough tenderness to sit with her pain without rushing past it.
True friendship learns both movements: rejoicing and mourning. Each asks you to leave self-preoccupation and enter another person’s story with love.
REFLECT WITH JESUS
Whose joy is difficult for you to celebrate?
1What fear sits beneath my comparison?
2How can I be present to a friend today?
ONE FAITHFUL STEP
Carry it into today
Send one specific, comparison-free word of celebration to another woman.
PRAY
Jesus, free me from comparison. Make me a friend who celebrates generously, grieves faithfully, and rests in the gifts You chose for me. Amen.