Recently a friend told me how he has sworn never to give advise to adults with kids until he had one, because his last attempt at trying to calm a mother who was furiously lashing her baby had earned him a quick 'please give birth to your own and raise her how you want'.
I overheard a while back a lady throwing words at her younger brother, when the adults around asked her to speak with a bit of respect, her words were 'I have paid his fees before, I can talk how I wish'
This is life, where people don't regard others as being positioned in a place 'good' enough to render their opinions. The bible has this passage where it says there was in a city a poor man whose counsel saved it but yet nobody remembered him.
Why am I telling you this? You may have heard such words even when you were just really acting from a good place and felt crushed as my friend did. Its sad and can make you feel unaccomplished but don't be too hard on yourself,one day the value of your words and acts would manifest.
In the meantime Do not let this put pressure on you to get somethings. Yes people have a way of making you feel like you are lacking in some areas and so you need to catch up. This may make you take paths or make decisions or choices that may in the end put you in the worst possible place than you could have ever imagined.
Maybe you are single and everyone is on your neck to get a partner. If you allow this 'pressure' even though some may only be simply wanting you to be happy to get to you, you may out of desperation settle for the man or woman who is simply not right for you and end up waking up every day frustrated or bitter. Or maybe you are even married and then comes the subtle and not so subtle ones as to when you are getting a baby. Sometimes this is from people who can't even feed their own babies, smh. Don't let this get to you. Do what you can do and let God do what only He can.
Once upon a time Saul the King on his own made a sacrifice that only the priest Samuel could. Immediately he did, Samuel appeared. When asked why he did, he said, basically that the people were giving him too much pressure.
I'm sure you get the point I'm trying to make. If you let what people say to you dictate the decisions you take, you will bear the consequences of those decisions Alone or mostly. Those people would not pay the price for you. So think about it, words will crush you sure, but comfort cometh from God, but where would you turn to if you take decisions that directly opposes God's will for you?
Remember how Uriah thinking he was doing a going thing by straightening the Ark was struck dead? God does not need your help in getting done what He says He will do in the way He wants done.
Do what you can do and let God do what only He can do.
I overheard a while back a lady throwing words at her younger brother, when the adults around asked her to speak with a bit of respect, her words were 'I have paid his fees before, I can talk how I wish'
This is life, where people don't regard others as being positioned in a place 'good' enough to render their opinions. The bible has this passage where it says there was in a city a poor man whose counsel saved it but yet nobody remembered him.
Why am I telling you this? You may have heard such words even when you were just really acting from a good place and felt crushed as my friend did. Its sad and can make you feel unaccomplished but don't be too hard on yourself,one day the value of your words and acts would manifest.
In the meantime Do not let this put pressure on you to get somethings. Yes people have a way of making you feel like you are lacking in some areas and so you need to catch up. This may make you take paths or make decisions or choices that may in the end put you in the worst possible place than you could have ever imagined.
Maybe you are single and everyone is on your neck to get a partner. If you allow this 'pressure' even though some may only be simply wanting you to be happy to get to you, you may out of desperation settle for the man or woman who is simply not right for you and end up waking up every day frustrated or bitter. Or maybe you are even married and then comes the subtle and not so subtle ones as to when you are getting a baby. Sometimes this is from people who can't even feed their own babies, smh. Don't let this get to you. Do what you can do and let God do what only He can.
Once upon a time Saul the King on his own made a sacrifice that only the priest Samuel could. Immediately he did, Samuel appeared. When asked why he did, he said, basically that the people were giving him too much pressure.
I'm sure you get the point I'm trying to make. If you let what people say to you dictate the decisions you take, you will bear the consequences of those decisions Alone or mostly. Those people would not pay the price for you. So think about it, words will crush you sure, but comfort cometh from God, but where would you turn to if you take decisions that directly opposes God's will for you?
Remember how Uriah thinking he was doing a going thing by straightening the Ark was struck dead? God does not need your help in getting done what He says He will do in the way He wants done.
Do what you can do and let God do what only He can do.
Comments
Post a Comment