“It is a dangerous trap to be concerned with
what others think of you, but if you trust the Lord,
you are safe.”
Proverbs 29:25
The other day I was working on my business plan and thinking to myself, why am I even bothering I will never be successful at this. No one will ever like this idea. Why am I even trying! I was at a really hard point in the process and I just didn't know what to do. So I started in with all this negative thinking. I don't know why we do that to ourselves. It is seriously silly that we do that to ourselves. I mean my business plan is an inspiration that I had years ago sitting in college and to this day I still believe it is God's purpose for my life. So here I am struggling with all the planning, all the writing, researching, and soon to be marketing; to possibly getting this idea off the ground. I am having a lot of problems at this stage because I will soon have to face the public with my idea. All the people I grew up with will soon know my idea and I will have to face my community to say I want to make it better with another business. It is a scary feeling wondering what people will think of me and how they will perceive my idea, but in the end I have to trust the Lord with this. He put this in my hands years ago when sitting in college he gave me the inspiration to not be a vet and to be a counselor, he gave me this inspiration years ago when I decided to research this topic and talk about it years ago. He knew this was meant for me. It just took the steps to get there. Now it will just take these last few steps to get there again. Can I accomplish....Maybe! I hope so! In the end though I know I don't want to care what others are thinking of me. I want to be able to hold me head high and say that I can trust in the Lord.
Can you say that you trust in the lord and don't care what others think about you? I certainly hope so. Please don't fall into the people pleasing trap. As the verse says above... "It is a dangerous trap to be concerned with what others think of you, but if you trust in the Lord you are safe." Proverbs 29:25. How true is that? We do trap ourselves with our own negative thoughts. We keep thinking about what others could be thinking. It might not even be true. We just assume. In all honesty we never really know what people really think. As a society we have broken so far away from communication and talking that it is so hard to tell what people really think anymore and really know. We have to stop overwhelming ourselves with such a negative thinking of who we are what we are capable of. Since I have started challenging myself I have learned that I am capable of much more that I thought I was. Since I have started to rely on God to lead me I feel calmer....it is kind of relaxing. In the end The Lord always answers our prayers. Sometimes it is not always the answer we want or when we want it, but it is answered. So stop caring what people think of you and let the Lord guide your life. Your life will be calmer and you will be able to interact with others in a mood that you have never had before. We are a unique species because God created us to have such communication and negative thoughts and sin, but he did that so we could learn how to live through him. So live your life through God and keep practicing positive thoughts. You can do it! I know I still need to practice :), especially when I get frustrated with things that are hard!
I will pray for you all
God Bless,
Amanda
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