Confession #2: People Pleasing

I have been guilty of living my life as a people pleaser for decades. This got me nowhere. Living a life of people pleasing will neither allow us to please others or our ourselves. In this type of self-destructive lifestyle will definitely not please God. I have adopted a solid conviction to not live a life that necessarily pleases others, but to live a life that does please God and I hope to encourage you to do the same.Confessions and Convictions:Through expressing my sincerest struggles wrestling with self, sin and the Savior, I seek to offer hope and encouragement through pointing people to the only resolve we have in this life: Jesus. I seek to share the lessons that I have learned through mistakes that I have made and poor thinking patterns I have often embraced. In the aftermath of so much destruction, I open my Bible and I begin to set my convictions based on His way rather than my way concerning what is that good and honest path: the straight and narrow (and often lonely) road that leads to greater faith and true fulfillment. The path of self denial, self discipline, personal restriction, a submission to the Father… for lack of a better metaphor, the cross.