the emptiness of comparison

We hear the cries

I want, I want, I need;

but they ring hollow.

We fall to our knees

There is a void, a vacuum,

the emptiness of comparison

keeping up with the Joneses

when they are bound for destruction

at the end of this walk.

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August 30, 2014

the emptiness of comparison

Hebrews 13:5

“God Alone Satisfies”

by Lynda Hammitt

for August 30, 2014

read September 2, 2014

Duck Commander Daily Devotional

compiled by Alan Robertson

typed September 3, 2014

additional notes to follow

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