Are You A Person Pleaser Or A God Pleaser?

On the contrary, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please people but God, who tests our hearts. 1 Thessalonians 2:4

Each day we have choices to make. We can choose to do the things we do on a daily basis keeping in mind we are doing things for the glory of God, or scratch that, and do things to try to be popular. Kind of like some politicians who only say certain things not out of conviction in their heart but to win the approval of potential voters. 

When your time here on this Earth is up, and it will be one way or the other,  and you stand before God, will you be able to say you were pleasing Him or trying to fit in and be popular? The crowd is not right most of the time. There is a saying "what is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right". Think on that statement awhile in light of things going on in the world. 

Whose voice do you listen to and who is it you serve? 

PRAYER: Lord Jesus I know the best thing in life is to always follow you and not get sucked into the crowd pleasing mentality.  Help me be strong and stand up for what is right and do the right thing. In Jesus' name. Amen.

Be Yourself

For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb.Psalm 139:13

I have been told by many I take way too many pictures. I try to not be obnoxious about it but I find documenting events important to do. Out of respect for those who teased me about 'shooting' too many pictures, I have tried to tone it back somewhat. I left my camera in my car on purpose at a recent shower I attended. It nearly killed me to not be able to take a picture. When I later shared this dilemma with a friend there she told me to just be myself.

That is just it!! We need to stop orchestrating things and worrying about what others think. Other people do not live inside of us nor have our unique personality. What is fun for one may be boring for another. I have some friends who count on me to always have my camera since they are not good at remembering theirs. I was even asked to be the official photographer for an event once but turned it down.

God loves you cause He made you. There may be bad habits we need to work on as I know a few I am trying to break like butting into conversations and trying to listen better. Just know God loves you through things that may annoy others.

 PRAYER: Lord Jesus I love you and I thank you for loving me. Help me with those bad habits I may possess that need a bit of tweaking. Help me to listen for your still small voice. In Jesus' name. Amen.