That God does not compare or rank God’s own children seems to be a point almost impossible for us to grasp, because we live in a world which ranks and compares people.
People are seen as more intelligent, or less intelligent, more beautiful or less beautiful, more successful or less successful, and we have convinced ourselves that God’s love must do the same. When he hear someone else being praised, it is difficult not to think of ourselves as less praiseworthy.
We see people getting awards, and trophies, and prizes, and we cannot avoid asking ourself: why did that not happen to me?
When, all our lives, we grow up in a world filled with grades, and scores, and statistics, we learn either consciously or unconsciously that we must measure up. It is then that we are just like the elder brother in the Prodigal Son story and joy flies right past us because we are bent on comparing.
God does not compare his children and rank them. And though intellectually we can get this in our minds, on a pure emotional level, we find it almost impossible to accept.
Thanks to Brett Blair for these thoughts
Which of God’s children have YOU been comparing yourself to as of late? How would YOU feel if God said that you had to spend all eternity with them?
GOD’S LOVE IS SO GREAT THAT GOD LOVES EVEN THE FLAWED, THE REJECTED, THE BROKEN, THE PROUD, THE SELFISH, THE ARROGANT AND THE WICKED.
My Commentary:
The reflection We Are All God’s Children speaks directly to the human tendency to measure our worth by comparison. In a world obsessed with rankings—grades, awards, followers, salaries—it is easy to internalize the idea that love, especially God’s love, must also be earned, measured, and weighed. But God’s love is not like the world’s approval. It does not fluctuate with performance, and it does not diminish because someone else shines.
Yet, how hard it is to truly believe this in our hearts! When we see someone else praised, we often feel less valuable. When someone else succeeds, we wonder why we have not. This mindset infects even our spiritual lives—we become jealous of someone else’s gifts or resentful of their blessings. Like the elder brother in the story of the Prodigal Son, we miss the joy of the Father’s presence because we are preoccupied with fairness and comparison.
But God’s family isn’t a competition. God is not a judge at the Olympics holding up scorecards. God is a loving parent who sees each child through the eyes of mercy and grace. No one earns more of God’s love than another. His love is boundless, personal, and always sufficient. And yes—God loves the flawed, the proud, the rejected, the wicked. That is not a scandal; it is the Gospel.
My Prayer Reflection:
Loving God,
You are our Father, and we are all Your children.
You do not compare us or rank us. You do not love one more and another less.
You simply love us—freely, fully, eternally.
Yet we confess, Lord, that we compare.
We look at others’ gifts and feel envy.
We see their blessings and wonder why we were overlooked.
We forget that Your love is not a competition—it is a communion.
Help us to rest in Your love, not strive for it.
Help us to celebrate the goodness in others without doubting our own worth.
Teach us to be content as Your beloved children,
And to see others through Your eyes—not as rivals, but as siblings.
Soften our hearts toward those we struggle to love.
If we are called to spend eternity with them, then Lord, begin the healing now.
Let us live as one family, bound not by merit, but by mercy.
And remind us again and again:
You love the broken, the proud, the difficult, the lost.
Which means—You also love us. Amen.
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