Comments on: who are we trying to please

By: Brooke Cooney

Brooke Cooney — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 02:31:00 +0000

Laura,
As a fellow blogger I can wholeheartedly empathize with you here. I often struggle with un-Christ like worry over the content of a post or how it might come across. This is a fresh word from the Lord. Thank you for your gift.
Brooke

By: Lara Gibson Williams

Lara Gibson Williams — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 02:03:00 +0000

In reply to MangoTreeMama. Oh friend, you make me smile. And for the record, I love your blue hair. ;) I can just see your sweet boy putting on a show like mine did. Praying and believing that one day they too will live fervently before an audience of One. Much love, sister-friend.

By: Lara Gibson Williams

Lara Gibson Williams — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 02:01:00 +0000

In reply to Francie Winslow. Thanks, Francie. Yes, freedom. It can be so challenging at times to remember truth when our flesh wants the approval of man. But you are so right -- His quieting love.

By: MangoTreeMama

MangoTreeMama — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 13:35:00 +0000

Love you Lara! I can see my son in this post (our neighbor has a daughter the same age as some of my daughters, but no son to match up to my son!)… and myself!
Once upon a time I would’ve staunchly delcared (& believed) that I didn’t care about pleasing *anyone*- that I do my own thing. And in a lot of ways, its true… I have my own “style”, I have blue hair because *I* like it, I don’t read what’s popular, or watch TV to get up with the latest… but when I learned to, like you in this post, ask myself WHY I want my children to obey, or WHY I want my house clean, or WHY I want my marriage to be Hallmark-perfect… Well, the answer was like a punch in the belly. Now I’m learning to let go of those expectations (mine, and what I perceive others’ to be), and to accept and rejoice in what I’ve been given, and to work on it with a better goal in mind than impressing others. I have an audience of One.

By: Francie Winslow

Francie Winslow — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 13:28:00 +0000

Such a great post…thanks for leading in vulnerability. I am so thankful that it is for freedom that He set us free. I find that my “overcoming” happens as I allow Him to tell me His thoughts about me. And I then I sit with Him until I believe Him. His love and affections quiet the loud insecurities that scream at me most days. (Zeph. 3:17) It seems that it’s only His love quieting my heart that allows me to stop entertaining the voices of insecurity and instead live instead from a place of love.

By: Shana

Shana — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Amen