The road to please can be filled with hidden dangers. There any number of exits, detours and blind spots that can lead us astray.
Some are small and harmless but others will rip your heart out. Don't be fooled into thinking you're the exception, you'll only be disappointed.
Let's start with the fact that each one of us though strikingly alike in some ways will always be different in others. No two people will ever think and feel exactly the same. We just weren't created that way.
We're wired to be individuals, to think for ourselves and we have the freewill to make many decisions every minute of everyday.
This being the case it's faulty thinking to imagine that any act or comment that we offer will please everyone. It's just not going to happen.
So who do we set out to please, what is the purpose, where is the incentive, why should we even try?
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God_this is your true and proper worship. (Romans 12:1 (NIV)
The pleasing we need to do should be focused towards God not the ever changing and judgemental whims of society. Anytime we're aligned with God, we're good and the world at large shouldn't be of consequence.
The road to please has one path, just staying on it is hard enough.
Pray on,
Eddy
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