<h1>Comparison Is the Thief of the New -&nbsp;Sara Whitten, Kerrville, TX -&nbsp;May 25, 2025</h1>
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<p class="subtitle"><strong>Don't Let the Old Frame the New</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">As we enter a season, new things begin. The initial foundation is laid. The seed is given. However, sometimes new beginnings, at the outset, look a whole lot like old beginnings that didn't end as we had hoped.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The beginning of Peter's net-bursting catch in John 21:6 began with a call to go fish... again, in the same place, with the same nets, and in the same boat where he had been fruitless before.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">But a shift had occurred. This time there was a mingling of the Lord's timing and the learned obedience of a Peter whose heart had grown and been shaped over time by his walk with the Lord.&nbsp;<strong>The Lord is inviting us now to a "new" beyond comparison.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Comparison, at its root, isn't always bad. Comparison notices similarities and differences. It can become a slippery slope, however, when our comparison is tainted by judgment. It sounds like "this is better," or "this is worse," or "this is the same," etc.&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="https://elijahlist.com/words/display_word.html?ID=32619" target="_blank" rel="noopener">READ MORE</a></p>
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