Consumed by
doing things to please other people.
earning their favor.
manipulating them into giving me what I need.
I misunderstood
my relationship
with God
other people.
It's called codependency.
I believed that
if I just did the right things,
in the right order,
at the right time
with the right people...
if I could just get all of that right,
God would love and save me.
It doesn't work that way.
I'm never going to
do all the right things
in the right order
at the right time
with the right people
all the time.
Salvation is based on my faith and God's grace.
Not
how often I pray
the things I do to earn His favor.
the opinions of other people.
I love my children based on our relationship.
Not how well they behave
Or what they accomplish
The things other people say about my children doesn’t affect my relationship with them.
Compliments are nice
Criticism is an opportunity for improvement.
I know my children. I know who they are. Feedback from others doesn’t change what I know about them or who they are.
God's opinion of me doesn't change based on how others feel about me.
He knows my heart.
When someone complains about me, they are not giving Him new information.
He knows my heart.
He doesn’t believe falsehoods, or change His opinion based on theirs.
He knows my heart.
If God’s opinion and actions cannot be swayed by the compliments or criticisms of others, why should mine be?
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