Stop lying. You are not truly loyal. It’s desperation. I ain’t condemning you. I seen it in myself too that’s why I can tell you. You is a liar.
Too often we feel trapped in ticking all the boxes to please people until we tick ourselves right off a cliff. We feel we need to take care of it all but really we lying about the truth of what we do. All we do is hold ourselves captive to what we think we should do to sit at an imaginary table that never had legs to stand on much less a seat for us to sit. Many of us are still blinded by the need to do all at the cost of self and we claim to be doing something, like helping others. How are we serving others by sacrificing our health, our mind, and our spirit? No one asked, nor do they have the right to expect that. So stop being unkind to yourself.
When last did we help ourselves by being honest. By saying you know what we don’t want to do this, “this is no longer about using the gifts God gave me but trying to please others for their approval, this is not about serving God by serving others. This has become catering to the will of another human being”. When will we turn around and be honest and truthful to ourselves and to those we are trying to please? We take care of others, and when you think about it, we are okay with thinking we have some special talent for it. No, we need to be honest about the fact that because we are human we are limited. Stop doing that job to make others happy. Be yourself don’t sacrifice yourself for a cause you were never called to take up. Jon of Arc is a saint, but you are no Jon of Arc and nobody should expect you to be.
“What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own soul?” (Mark 8: 34)
For this advent period, we need to think differently. We need to start thinking of living in truth not living a sacrificial life based on how much we can please others and how much we need to please God. We need to reflect on why we may do the things we do and how we can work at being more intentional. It’s finally time to start being faithful to who God has called us to be and not to the calling of the world. Let us be loyal to Jesus and not the flesh
For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgement of God rather than burnt offerings. (Hosea 6:6)
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